The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 173

Kieran's face was uncomfortably close to hers.

In the past, a gesture like this from Kieran would have made Freya blush.

But this time, Freya pushed Kieran away, frowning as she said, "Mr. Sutton, we're at the office. Show some decorum, please."

"Decorum, you say?" Kieran seemed to find the notion amusing.

He leaned closer to Freya, saying, "Who was it that used to come looking for me three times a day at the office, bending over backward to please me? Where was your concern for decorum then, hmm?"

As Kieran closed in, Freya sidestepped him and said, "Back then, I was young and naive, Mr. Sutton. Please don't hold it against me."

Looking around, she added, "Mr. Sutton, this is the ladies' restroom. Even if we need to talk, this hardly seems the appropriate place, does it?"

Hearing that, Kieran stared at Freya, his gaze taking on a scrutinizing quality.

""Mr. Sutton?"

office." Kieran's usual calm demeanor

sit behind his desk. He looked at her and said, "Leland kidnapped you yesterday. By all

doted on Leland, cleaning up his messes no matter what trouble he got into. Despite Leland's consistently terrible attitude toward her, Freya

said, "By all accounts, that should happen. I've wanted to see Johanna and her son behind

she had extended every kindness to Johanna and

Remembering her previous naivety,

laughed and said, "I

calling the

pleading. After all, Leland is

son, isn't

from what I've heard, Leland isn't a Dawson by

with Kieran's question, Freya responded, "Though Leland and I don't share both

Dawson name.