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

Anna cast a cold glance at Linda as she said, "Don't worry, Miss Linda.Let's continue the meeting."

Linda was embarrassed.

Anna thought that she shared a special relationship with Brian, which probably gave her the courage to humiliate Linda in front of so many people.

But Linda wasn't going to take this lying down.She would make Anna pay the price of this humiliation.

The meeting ended in half an hour.

Anna took alli her notes and material for the morning meeting with her.She then bought the abalone porridge and some desserts, along with some of Brian's favorite dishes.

Brian had remained with Ayla, but she showed no signs of waking up from her coma.

The doctor seemed to have tried everything in his arsenal but had come up short.

He looked helpless as he shrugged, indicating that maybe all they could do was wait for her to wake up on her own.

Anna spotted Brian sitting by Ayla's bedside as she entered the ward.

"What's wrong with her?"

Anna asked him as she glanced at Ayla, concerned.

Brian shook his head.

"Nothing serious.Give me the minutes of the morning meeting and you can leave."

"You didn't get any rest last night.You should go get some sleep.I'll stay with her for a while," Anna said, handing him the food and coffee she had bought.

"No, thanks.You can go back to office.I'll stay here with her."

Brian was worried about Ayla.

He couldn't leave her side in this condition.

Anna knew that Brian was a man who, once he made up his mind to do something, would do it, no matter what.

There was nothing she could do to convince him otherwise.

And now that Ayla's condition seemed serious, she had no hope whatsoever.

is she okay? She

fine yesterday, but was now unconscious and unresponsive, causing

fine," he said, looking up at

could happen

So what if she had overdosed? She had once suffered from drug addiction but she was

a drug addict, despite the fact that she had used them for

Anna didn't say anything.

out of

unusual, and that Brian was keeping

morning, when Anna returned to the office, she

back so soon? Didn't you keep him company? No intention of serving him well?" Linda sneered at Anna.She was itching to retaliate against

director of a company

over her at every step, leaving Linda seething.She would not

you keep wandering around the office without working, know that the Clark

Anna shot back.

like

here only for

other woman was just a child's

worry about me, Miss Anna.I believe in myself and my abilities.It's just a few design drafts.Nothing

turned

furiously, "What

in a coma for more than 10 hours.She opened her eyes, feeling the weight of her drooping eyelids and the weakness plaguing her body.She squinted into the strange white wall in front of her, and last night's events

finally awake," Brian

looked at him,

"Why am I here?"

high fever last night," he said, sitting down by her

fever had finally

afraid that she would never wake up and that her fever would

"I see," Ayla said.

"I'm fine now."

over the past few months.Her health

you were in a coma? Even the doctor was

barked, irritated with Ayla's

"Why are you so angry? This is

temperatures she had been running.But  the doctors hadn't

survive all these years? Is it because of Lucas that you wanted to live on? And now that I'm with

fact that her body was riddled with weakness, Brian would

said, "I'm sorry