The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday

Freya was still shaken from the earlier events when, upon heading upstairs, she was cornered right at her apartment door by Kieran.

The hall was totally empty, so Freya jumped a bit when Kieran showed up out of nowhere.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"You've caused such a mess today, and you have the nerve to ask me what I'm doing?"

Kieran pinned her against the wall, and with Freya's strength, there was no escaping his grasp.

All she could do was give in, saying, "The person who caused a mess today wasn't me, and it's not like it's affected you in any way, Mr. Sutton. Let's not forget, we've already called off our engagement. Even if my reputation is tarnished, it won't drag you down." Seeing Freya's indifferent attitude only fueled Kieran's anger. "I've told you countless times, Preston is bad news. I warned you to stay away from him! Did you even listen?"

Freya couldn't understand why Kieran was so upset. To her, Kieran was way scarier than Preston could ever be.

"Mr. Sutton, I think it's best we keep our distance. You've already made me the talk of the town with today's exam fiasco. What more do you want?"

say, 'you can run but you can't hide.' Preston helping you cheat, you thought you

are you spouting

getting his rumors from and found the whole situation tedious. She pushed

were with Preston today, if it wasn't for him giving you the

or spiteful,

in front of everyone, wasn't it just to spread rumors about me getting

intentions were being twisted by Freya. "Fine! I did it on purpose, wanted everyone to think you got special treatment.

"Stay away from Preston. And for your information, I've had the exam board revise tomorrow's papers overnight. Don't think for a second you can cheat

her eyes so hard it was a wonder they didn't stick that way. "Don't let

unlocked her door with a

behind her,

apartment only

his people investigate, he would have been none the wiser about Freya's new living

been hiding