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

Chapter 80: Deliberate Arrangement Or Coincidence 

Brian stared at the woman in front of him for a long moment before saying, "Are you waiting for me to come back?"

He was probing, but his steely tone was ruthless.

Ayla merely looked at him wordlessly.She wasn't waiting for him, but she knew he didn't want to hear that.Her only option was to remain silent.

"Why don't you say something?"

Brian tightened his grip on her waist, his fingers digging painfully into her flesh.

"No," she said.

She knew he would be upset, but she didn't want to lie to him.

This was how they got along with each other.

Brian cocked his head as his gaze bore into her and said, "You are getting bolder and bolder with each passing day."

Although he was drunk, he still could steadily steer her towards the second floor.His swift movement made Ayla almost believe that he was sober.

The next morning, Lucas was standing at the school gate, a light gray overcoat around his shoulders as he waited for Ayla to show up.

As Brian drove, Ayla looked out of the window, annoyed.

She wouldn't be late for class if he hadn't forced her into sex this morning.

Luckily for her, it was wintertime and she could wear a turtleneck to cover the hickeys.

Facing her classmates would have been mortifying otherwise.

The car stopped at the school gate.

Brian's eyes found the figure waiting at the gate, but he didn't say a word to Ayla.

Instead, he drove away the moment she got out of the car.Ayla, on the other hand, hadn't noticed Lucas.

But when she turned to find him leaning leisurely against the gate, she was stunned.

"Why are you here, Mr.Collins?"

Lucas made a show of looking at his wristwatch and said, "You are late today."

Embarrassed, Ayla lowered her eyes to the ground.

"Why are you still standing there? Come on in!"

her into the school square

about a meeting.Heads turned and whispers broke out as they walked in, hand in hand.Ayla withdrew her hand at once and sighed.She was afraid

seem to hate Lucas holding

the warmth of family.She

enough, the principal made the announcement that Lucas would be the new

stage, shocked, trying to process

it did sink in, a sense of

of the gathering without meeting

she avoided him for the next

outside the library, where he had been

him the moment she walked out of the library, and pursed

Ayla? I didn't mean to lie to you," Lucas said desperately, stepping in her path to stop her from

up at him and said, "I should call you Principal Collins, shouldn't

involved in any kind of gossip.She didn't want her

But it seemed inevitable.

Jealous women were horrible.

random stories without any truth

that she was hooking up with the new vice principal, and that the two stayed at school late,

them, because she couldn't stop them from

call me Lucas," he

at his joyful smile that lit up her world like

woman who needed warmth and Brian was

touched her face and said, "Ayla, I don't care what anyone says.Maybe I

she hearing correctly?

is that

big diamond ring glinted on Ayla's

it, saying that he didn't want other men

is too loose for you.You are still a

waiting for you for three hours.Would you like to have dinner with

didn't give Ayla the

could say anything, he had steered her into his luxury

outside.I want to go

took Ayla a long time to utter

at night.I know you didn't eat much at noon.If you don't eat now, your

everything about ners. He not only knew that Brian had driven her to school these

he was making her break this

ordered a hearty meal and said, "Eat,

no choice but to pick up her chopsticks and

at a different booth in the same restaurant.Their seats were next to the window, overlooking the entrance.They had seen Ayla walking in hand

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