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

The bullet was removed and Brian would be just fine after a good rest.He lay in the hospital bed, carefully attended to by Anna.

"Brian, would you like to tuck into some delicious fruit? Here, let me peel some for you."

"No, thanks." Brian stared into the distance.

Three days had passed and there was still no news of Ayla.

He was consumed by restlessness.

"Brian, are you still concerned about her?"

Anna was aware that Jaime had instructed his men to search for Ayla.

But it was all in vain.

She secretly wished she could ask Brian to give up the search but she remained quiet.She was deeply saddened to see the pathetic state he was reduced to.

"There is still no news about her," Brian said calmly.

Then he stood up and said to her, "Please help me with the discharge procedure."

He wanted to confirm it personally.

Anna could read his mind.She accompanied him to the uninhabited island.

"Mr.Clark, what are you doing here?" asked one of his subordinates.

"Hmm."

Brian acknowledged him with a nod and examined the surroundings.

If only he had acted quicker then, she would not have been shot.

The search and rescue team had combed the length and breadth of the sea, but there was no trace of her.

For five hours he waited with anxious patience.

Darkness enveloped them.

"Brian, if you continue to torture yourself like this, it will impact negatively on your health."

Anna was genuinely worried about his wellbeing.

"Anna, ask them to stop!” Ask them to stop the search!

 "Brian felt as helpless and as desperate as a penniless beggar.He cursed.If she was courageous enough to confess her love for him, couldn't she also believe that he would save her? He would save her from Tatum even if he had to give up everything.Even if she had been forcibly injected with drugs, he would help her overcome her drug dependence.

Jaime came over.

"Mr.Clark."

Finally, all of them, as well as the rescue team, left without finding anything.

looked at Ayla who was still in

to Aldo for having secretly called him, otherwise he would have been deceived by Tatum

that Tatum would stop at nothing to get everything from

knocked on the

the doctor

followed him into the room and said, "Mr.Collins, let

bullet had been removed, she remained in a coma

when she was rescued at

doctor declared, "Mr.Collins, Miss Woodsen is physically fine, but she has lost all will

mean that she willfully

hearing the doctor's words, he violently grabbed the doctor

you to find a way

had been in a coma for so

there was no indication of her regaining

reassurance that

down.Miss Woodsen was not seriously injured.But she was injected with very harmful drugs.As long as she is in a coma,

wanted him to be mentally

he said, letting go of

to

for Ayla to awaken so that her pale

matter what happened, he would never leave

Finally, Tatum called, "Lucas!"

"Father."

the study

I do for

you didn't go to

between Tatum and Brian on that day, he was

short pause, Lucas thought, 'Apart from Aldo, no one else knows that

to school.With things being the way they are, it's pointless

that he could get close to Ayla.Now

cared about managing the affairs of the gang in

Then come back whenever you are

Tatum needed Lucas' help.

make Lucas a formidable right hand man by manipulating the feud between him

"Father, I need to rest.I won't go back

He disobeyed Tatum.

at his tender age of

he had worked hard, but life brought him much suffering and

Ayla,

he was capable of

dissatisfied, but didn't

not push Lucas

pushed too far, Lucas would

had grown into an arrogant and

knew what Tatum had done to Ayla, so he needed to tread

to give Lucas some time and

that woman, he would come back like a puppy looking for his master. Lucas went back to the room after

softly, "You should wake up now.You've been sleeping