The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 158

"Ding-ding-"

Inside the bustling offices of the Sutton Group, Kieran glanced at his phone as it buzzed on his desk, lighting up with Freya's name.

He instinctively reached to answer but paused, his hand suspended in mid-air.

Answering too quickly would make it seem like he was at Freya's beck and call, wouldn't it? Since when had he, Kieran Sutton, been so readily available?

Recalling he'd ignored Freya's calls in the past, he decided to let it ring a bit longer, playing it cool. Just as the ringing was about to end, he picked up the call with a feigned annoyance, "What's up?" Silence greeted him from the other end, accompanied by the faint hum of car engines in the background. After a moment, Kieran frowned, "Freya?"

The call abruptly ended the next second.

Looking at the disconnected call, Kieran tried calling back only to find her phone turned off. His expression turned colder.

door, he shouted, "Jarrett,

Kieran grabbing his coat, and was puzzled. "What's

Freya's been today,

Jarrett dialed Johanna's number, which Kieran promptly snatched from

out in the

was clueless about Freya's whereabouts, leaving her bewildered. Where

the parking garage, Kieran returned the phone to Jarrett and instructed, "Keep looking. Check if Freya hit any shopping districts

somewhere by this time, Kieran's thoughts were

Eloise

tracks, his brow furrowing at the sight of her.

to pick you up from work." Eloise didn't want to mention the humiliation, she faced from Preston and Freya at the restaurant earlier. Her unease with Preston

unexpected gesture.