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."

was visibly stunned. "Freya? But aren't you the guy with a no-entry policy for your room? I've never even stepped foot

for others touching his belongings evident. However,

got to say,

feisty kitten I had overseas, always puffing up and showing her claws, but in a playful way. She's got personality. She suits you." Neil leaned

are you

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

the Dawson family being out of favor, I doubt you'd gain much from aligning with them. If Kieran doesn't care for Freya,

other for his gain. Yet, he needed a lever to engage Kieran's more formidable

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you can heal it?" Preston changed the