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?

but was now unconscious and unresponsive, causing concern to

said, looking up

happen to

allow it! So what if she had overdosed? She had once suffered from drug addiction but she was fine now, wasn't sng Ayla had been fine when Brian had first

the fact that she

Anna didn't say anything.

out of the ward,

and that Brian

morning, when Anna returned to the office,

soon? Didn't you keep him company? No intention of serving him well?" Linda sneered at Anna.She was itching to retaliate against the embarrassment that Anna had handed her

of a company and everyone had been

sure to walk over her at every step,

the office without working, know

Anna shot back.

didn't like Linda's

only for Brian and

merely smiled, as if the other woman was just

Anna.I believe in myself and

Linda turned

she muttered furiously,

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

awake," Brian said,

looked at

"Why am I here?"

said, sitting down by her side and stretching

fever had

afraid that she would never wake up and that

"I see," Ayla said.

"I'm fine now."

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

fine? Did you know you had such a high fever you were in a coma? Even the doctor was unable to do anything

barked, irritated

are

constant high temperatures she had been running.But  the doctors

How did you survive all these years? Is it because of Lucas that you wanted to live on?

the fact that her body was riddled with weakness,

said,