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,

finding Kieran grabbing his coat, and was puzzled.

up where Freya's

Mr. Sutton." Jarrett dialed Johanna's number, which Kieran promptly

in the afternoon. Why? Isn't she with

hung up on Johanna, who was clueless about Freya's whereabouts, leaving her bewildered.

to Jarrett and instructed, "Keep looking. Check

be dining somewhere by this time, Kieran's thoughts were interrupted as Eloise pulled up in

Kieran, Eloise called

brow furrowing at

work." Eloise didn't want to mention the humiliation, she faced

unexpected gesture.