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

now unconscious and unresponsive, causing concern to seep

he said, looking up at Ayla's

happen

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

hadn't looked like a drug addict, despite the fact

Anna didn't say anything.

turned around and walked out of the ward,

condition was unusual, and that Brian was

the office, she

are 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 keep

had been the director of a company and everyone had been obliged to

sure to walk over her at every step, leaving Linda seething.She would not let anyone bully

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

Anna shot back.

didn't like Linda's

Linda was here only

merely smiled, as if the other woman was just

about me, Miss Anna.I believe in myself and my abilities.It's just a

turned around

Anna looked at her retreating back, she muttered furiously, "What overconfidence! Doesn't she realize

her drooping

awake," Brian

looked at

"Why am I here?"

sitting down by her side and stretching out a hand to

had

never wake up and that her fever would

"I see," Ayla said.

"I'm fine now."

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

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

irritated with

looked at him, "Why are you so angry? This is normal.Anyone can get

because of the constant high temperatures she had been running.But  the doctors hadn't found anything wrong with

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 own health?

that her body was riddled with

looked askance at him and said, "I'm sorry to trouble