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.

okay? She looks

fine yesterday, but was now unconscious and unresponsive, causing concern to

he said, looking up at Ayla's unconscious

could happen

from drug addiction but she was fine now, wasn't sng Ayla had been fine when Brian had first seen

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

Anna didn't say anything.

out of the ward, but didn't

unusual, and

morning, when Anna returned to the office, she came face to face

fast! Did you leave as soon as the meeting was over to go see Mr.Clark? Why did you come back so soon? Didn't you

Italy, Linda had been the director of a company and everyone had been obliged to listen

every step, leaving Linda seething.She would not

wandering around the office without working, know that the Clark Group doesn't pay people

Anna shot back.

didn't like Linda's

only

smiled, as if the other woman was just a child's

myself and my

Linda turned around

her retreating back, she muttered furiously, "What overconfidence! Doesn't she realize this

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

awake," Brian said,

at

"Why am I here?"

last night," he said, sitting down by her

fever had finally

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

"I see," Ayla said.

"I'm fine now."

to run fevers with increasing frequency over the past few

you know you had such a high fever you were in a coma? Even the doctor was

irritated with

are you so angry? This

hospital because of the constant high temperatures she

you wanted to live on? And now that I'm with you, you're indifferent to your

for the fact that her body was riddled

said, "I'm