The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Chapter 289

It was past midnight, yet the light in the study was still on.

Tossing and turning in bed, Neil couldn't sleep. When he finally gave up and exited his room, he spotted the beacon of light coming from the study door. He approached and knocked before pushing the door open.

There, sprawled on the couch amidst a sea of papers, was Preston, chuckling over a document in his hand.

"Look who's burning the midnight oil," Neil remarked as he entered, balancing two glasses of whiskey in his hands-one for Preston and the other for himself. Preston barely sipped his drink before revealing, "Gave my room away."

"To whom? Hans?" Neil probed, getting no response. He ventured a guess, "Freya?"

Preston nodded. "Yes."

But aren't you the guy with a no-entry policy for your room? I've never even

evident. However, it seemed that

got to say,

She reminds me of this feisty kitten I had overseas, always puffing up and showing her claws, but in a playful way. She's

you shifting

she was neither particularly intelligent nor remarkable. And Kieran seemed indifferent to her. But Freya was a different story. She

of favor, I doubt you'd gain much from aligning with them. If Kieran doesn't care

Echo City not to contest with the Beckett family but to play them against each other for his gain. Yet, he needed a lever to engage Kieran's more formidable side, and Freya seemed

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her hand, are you confident you can