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

"Ayla, don't you think I'm too lenient to you?"

Brian walked up to her, firmly gripping her neck with his large hands.

Ayla neither resisted nor showed any signs of struggling.She just stared daggers at him and said, "He got hurt because of me."

She gave him a simple explanation.

"Did I give you permission to see him? Huh?" Her words only served to infuriate Brian further.

"I wanted to see him," she said indifferently.

She wanted to see Lucas so that she could tell him that they couldn't see each other anymore.

However, the accident with the boiling pot of tea interrupted their conversation.

Unfortunately, explaining to Brian was a lost cause.

Whatever she said, he wouldn't listen to it.

Anna's presence served as a reminder that Mr.Clark had no shortage of women in his life.

She was expendable and he owned her life.

"Do you want to kill me?"

Slowly, a smile appeared on Ayla's lips.

To him, she was always challenging his authority.

"Do you have a death wish?" Brian asked.

Looking at her, he thought, 'If you want to die, then I won't give you that satisfaction.' 

Gradually, his grip on her neck became tighter.

Ayla looked him in the eye, and saw the anger behind his dark eyes.

Soon, it was getting harder and harder for her to breathe, and his face was becoming more and more blurry by the second.

Was she about to die? It was the most painful thing she had ever experienced.

The feeling of having her life squeezed out of her neck little by little was overwhelming.

And just when she was about to lose consciousness, Brian loosened his grip on her neck.

"So you do want to die! It's not gonna be that easy!"

As he watched Ayla catch her breath on her knees, he said, "You're not allowed to die until I'm satisfied!"

She supported herself up using her hands, unable to say a word.

After that heated argument, Brian had someone lock her up and left.

as Lucas rested in his ward, he received a call, saying

as a

want to take

later, Molly walked in and asked, "Lucas,

could only lie prone on

you

smiled

doesn't matter.It's not a big

seriously injured and you're saying it's

honesty, Lucas had no plans on telling Molly if she hadn't called because he wanted to protect

have any idea that I'm here in

you're injured because of

couldn't understand why he

her, he wouldn't have

"This isn't her fault."

time, Lucas willingly used himself to shield her from the

definitely because of her, Lucas! Why do you have to be so kind to her? That woman doesn't deserve you.You got seriously injured because of her, and she didn't even visit you to look after you.She's probably with another man right now.Don't be

up with Lucas, and she thought of him

they had been separated for several years,

the pain, Lucas propped himself

don't have to blame her," he

Lucas saw Brian's cruelty

believed it was only a matter of time until

more Brian imprisoned her, the sooner

the warehouse, shivering from the

days, leaving her with

Maria brought her food, but she didn't dare to turn on the heater, nor could she give

you eat anything? Your body

to find that Ayla still hadn't eaten anything.Her face was

don't

she wanted to do

refused to die in a place

still in the hospital, and she wanted to know

her

getting colder.You might

lady.She would've been fine if she just gave into Mr.Clark's demands, '' Maria thought,

that he still cared

warehouse in the middle of

alone! I'm fine.Just take

Ayla was starving, but

the food, she felt nothing

Maria came out with the food, Brian approached her, and asked, "Does she still

just let Mrs.Clark out! She can't stand this any longer!"

word, Brian

Ayla was huddled in

as if she no longer had any

going to be this

capable of cruelty against anyone except