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

Chapter 135: I Could Promise Anything Else, Except This One 

Ayla's body was pressed firmly on the couch making it difficult for her to ignore Brian's probing eyes.She looked away instead to evade his questions.

"Why don't you answer me? Does it hurt?" Brian asked as he searched her eyes for answers that her mouth wasn't willing to give.

Bending his head down, he gently kissed Ayla's scar.His lips left a trail of moisture that was impossible to ignore.

That scar would remain etched on her skin for a lifetime and it was a Clear representation of what he owed her.  

"It hurt," Ayla nodded.

No matter how painful the physical wounds were, they all belonged in the past now.

What kept her hurting was the emotional trauma he put her through.  "I'm sorry."

Brian spoke softly.

He remembered how she got that scar and no amount of apologies could turn back time and erase it.

Still, he wouldn't give up easily trying to win her heart.Biting her lower lip, Ayla pleaded, "Why can't you set me free? Why?"

Tears welled up in her eyes, a mixture of pain and anger that she couldn't quite release.

"I can promise anything else, except this one,"

Brian said with finality.  Ayla gasped in horror and exclaimed, "You devil!"

"So don't ever try to escape from me.Now that you're here, I will never let you go again.If ever you try to leave, I will come find you, understand?" he repeated as he gazed at her pointedly.

There was no sense arguing with him at this point.

Ayla broke free from his grasp and plucked the torn dress from the floor to cover her body.

Brian draped his suit jacket on her shoulders and said, "I'll ask someone to bring clothes for you here."

"No, thanks.There's no way for me to afford it," she countered to decline the offer.

Ayla didn't want to be regarded as a sexual partner.

She tried her hardest to recover from her bitter past and becoming like this would only waste her sacrifices.

"Well, if you hate me that much, it means that I'll be always in your heart." Brian grinned at her.

At the back of his mind, he thought, 'You can hate me.It is better to hate me than to forget me"

to him with blazing

have a space in my heart or in my mind.I don't love you and I don't hate you either.I feel nothing for you at all.Should I be grateful that you agreed to let me have that operation? Need I remind you that no matter how many times we have sex, I won't bear another child ever again

he would keep her shackled to him, she could

at her unbelievably.He thought Ayla just wanted

finished what needed to be done.You should go back

fall to

going out

a lesson because of how stubborn she was being, but he chose otherwise when he

her torn clothes and

do you want me

her possessively, "I'm the only one who can see your

less lay a finger on her! 

plopped down on the couch and not long after, Brian

take you

shook her head

prefer to eat

if she had

already changed his clothes for dinner as well, but for

the new clothes, he said, "Okay, fine! Instant noodles, then.Let's not wait any longer.I'm

she could say anything, he pulled her out of the studio and

they slurped on the noodles, the awkward silence in the room was too unbearable for one's

went on his way shortly after

relaxed the

huge boulder was lifted off her chest and

bathroom and stripped off the designer dress that Brian

the trash can where it rightfully

soap would cleanse whatever he left on her body.

really wanted to continue with this? ‘Isn't there anything I can do for him to give up

women who would

so he could finally let her go? If so, how far was she willing to go to

in the end?’ Ayla asked

he

reached the building, he craned his neck upwards to

Or will you come back to Brian without hesitation and throw yourself into his arms the moment he shows

Lucas had been with

Brian hurt her, she

slowly dissolved when Lucas saw that Brian's car had

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