The Substitute Bride: Making Memories Of Us (Lois Stone)

"Did you say that you didn't take her away? You are a liar!"

Brian firmly believed that Lucas had kidnapped Ayla.

"I couldn't care less whether you believe me or not.I am detained in this hospital bed like a prisoner.Do whatever you want!"

Lucas said to Brian as he struggled to sit up.Brian was aware of the fact that the chances of Ayla being around here were remote even if Lucas was the one who took her away.

He turned around to leave.

Lucas was consumed with mixed emotions.

As a parting shot he said, "Brian, you are doomed to lose her!"

Brian had left no stone unturned in his quest to find her.

Ayla had simply vanished into thin air.

Jaime followed Brian out of the ward.

"Mr.Clark, do you believe Lucas?"

"Keep an eye on him!"

How could he believe his words? She couldn't have disappeared without reason.

Someone had premeditated her kidnapping.Jaime nodded and instructed two bodyguards to keep watch.

As Lucas watched Brian's figure become smaller, he hid his emotions with downcast eyes.Meanwhile, Ayla awoke in a luxurious but unfamiliar villa.

The room was tastefully decorated.

She sat up in surprise, wondering where on earth she was.

Suddenly, the door opened and in walked a servant.

"Where am I?" she demanded.

The servant just stared at her but remained silent.

As Ayla proceeded to venture out of the room, the servant shook her head and stopped her.

"Where on earth am I?"

Why was she brought here? The servant remained silent.

'Did she not understand me or is she forbidden from communicating with me?' Ayla wondered.

With all the strength she could muster, she pushed the servant away and tried to make a hasty exit.

But the two bodyguards posted at the door prevented her from leaving.

"Miss Woodsen, you cannot leave," said one of the bodyguards in broken Chinese.

"Where am I?"

She suddenly felt all alone in a strange, foreign land.

at all seemed

the bodyguards still wore black suits, the environment felt

step back into your room!" the

went back into the room and flung herself onto the

she tried to fit the pieces of the puzzle

I left

knew that she had been kidnapped and had no freedom.She stared out the window

days, she had

was the change of bodyguards and a servant who

Chinese meals didn't

servant looked at her quizzically and said nothing.In a fit of rage, Ayla smashed the plates to smithereens.The shattering

"Miss Woodsen!"

out of

at

you cannot come out till our boss

spoke to the servant and

didn't understand what they were talking about.She collapsed in a heap on

going to be

at the symbolic cloudy weather.He was getting increasingly uneasy as there was no news of Ayla for days.Jaime came

TH Gang

'TH Gang?' 

Tatum

to Antawood a few days ago.He has since returned to Thailand," he told

I'm sure that Ayla has been kidnapped by TH

order to threaten

were sadly mistaken because he

asked, "What

done! We can't let

flashed

Ayla only to threaten him, then she

felt a small sense of

women,

that Ayla's unpredictable and stubborn nature

"Mr.Clark!"

Jaime was still worried about

if TH Gang's threat was really serious, what would he

nothing to order.You may

on

realized that he had gradually driven

provoke me? I wouldn't have asked her to leave if she hadn't said those words!' he

showed signs of healing so he

the scald

in the apartment sofa, he made a telephonic call to his

"Aldo, How is she?"

high fever but refuses to take any medication.She

How did she fall ill? Didn't I ask you to take good

out of genuine concern when he heard that she had taken

the climate.Besides, she was sick before

had been anxious for the

he dared not leave her side.Lucas