The Bride Who Said No: Escaping the Shadows of Yesterday novel Chapter 375

But Summit University had its own set of rules. After 7 p.m., if you weren't part of the school community, you weren't getting in.

"I don't care who you are. If you're not a student or staff, you're not coming in! If you want to see your niece, give her a call and have her come out to meet you!"

At those words, Johanna was fuming.

She had pulled strings to get her niece enrolled in the school, and now she couldn't get in?

Given the debts she had, and with no help in sight from Freya or the company, her only hope lay with Kara, who was tirelessly working for the Sutton family.

Johanna quickly dialed Kara's number, but there was no answer.

Not far away, Kara was getting ready to head out with her dorm mates.

As they approached the school's main gate, Kara looked up and spotted Johanna. Instantly, Kara's expression soured.

"Kara! How dare you ignore my calls!"

Johanna, desperate at this point, didn't think twice before she pulled Kara aside.

"Auntie! I didn't do it on purpose. My phone was on silent!"

Kara appeared genuinely upset, and her dorm mates were shocked to see Johanna treating her so poorly.

Johanna didn't care whether Kara's phone was on silent. Clutching Kara's arm tightly, she said, "I've been calling you non-stop, and you don't pick up. Think you're too good for us now that you've climbed up the social ladder? Don't forget who bought you that phone, who used their connections to get you into Summit University, and who gave you the chance to get close to the Sutton family! Without me, you'd still be a nobody in some small town, not here in the big city making something of yourself!"

"Auntie, I know I was wrong. I won't do it again!"

"You're about to become Mrs. Sutton, aren't you? If it hadn't been for me, how could you have even met Kieran? It's about not forgetting where you came from. You owe me!"

Johanna had been trying to reach Audrey to no avail.

She needed to secure those two hundred million fast; otherwise, her debts would only spiral.

"If you can't get it from Audrey, then plead with Mr. Sutton! Surely, they won't leave my niece out in the cold after everything!"

"I don't know, Auntie. That's a lot of money. How can I even begin to ask Audrey for such a favor..."