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

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

fine," he said, looking up

could happen to

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 seen her in her

the fact that she

Anna didn't say anything.

out of the ward, but didn't

thought Ayla's condition was unusual, and

returned to the office, she came

you leave as soon as the meeting was over to go see Mr.Clark? Why did you come back so soon? Didn't you keep him company? No intention of serving him well?" Linda sneered at

the director of a company and everyone had been obliged

at every step, leaving

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

Anna shot back.

didn't like Linda's

was here only for Brian and not for the fashion

smiled, as if the other woman

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

Linda turned

at her retreating back, she muttered furiously, "What overconfidence!

eyes, feeling the weight of her drooping eyelids and the weakness plaguing her body.She squinted

finally awake," Brian

looked at

"Why am I here?"

by her side and stretching out a hand to touch

fever had

up and that her

"I see," Ayla said.

"I'm fine now."

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

high fever you were in a coma? Even the doctor was unable to do anything

irritated with Ayla's

and looked at him, "Why are you so angry? This is

had taken herself to the hospital because of the constant high temperatures she had been running.But  the doctors hadn't found anything wrong with her I

because of Lucas that you wanted to live on? And now that I'm with you, you're indifferent to your own health?

the fact that her body was riddled with

askance at him and said,