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.

she okay? She looks

now unconscious and unresponsive, causing concern to seep into Anna's

fine," he said, looking

could happen to

what if she had overdosed? She had once suffered from drug addiction but she was fine now, wasn't

a drug addict, despite the

Anna didn't say anything.

and walked out of the ward,

Ayla's condition was unusual, and

when Anna returned to the office, she came face

see Mr.Clark? Why did you come back so soon? Didn't you keep him company? No intention of serving him well?" Linda

director of a company and everyone had been obliged to listen

to walk over her at every step, leaving Linda seething.She

hasn't left yet.If you keep wandering around the office without working, know that the Clark Group

Anna shot back.

like

tell that Linda was here only for Brian and not for the

if the other woman was just

myself and my abilities.It's just a few design drafts.Nothing difficult

Linda turned

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

afternoon.She had been 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

awake,"

looked at him,

"Why am I here?"

night," he said, sitting down by her side and stretching out a hand

had finally

never wake up and that her fever

"I see," Ayla said.

"I'm fine now."

fevers with increasing frequency over the past few months.Her health was getting worse

high fever you were in a coma? Even the doctor

barked, irritated

are you

taken herself to the hospital because of the constant high temperatures she had been running.But 

How did you survive all these years? Is it because of Lucas that you wanted to live on? And now that I'm with you, you're indifferent to your

it weren't for the fact that her body was riddled with weakness, Brian would

and said, "I'm sorry to trouble