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?

unconscious and unresponsive, causing concern to seep

fine," he said, looking up

could happen to

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

a drug addict, despite the

Anna didn't say anything.

she turned around and walked out of the ward, but

condition was unusual, and

when Anna returned to the office,

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

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

every step, leaving Linda

the office without working, know that the Clark Group doesn't pay people for doing

Anna shot back.

didn't like Linda's

was here only for Brian and not

smiled, as if the other woman was just a

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

Linda turned

furiously, "What overconfidence! Doesn't she

her drooping eyelids and the weakness plaguing her body.She squinted into

finally awake," Brian said,

at

"Why am I here?"

high fever last night," he said, sitting down by her side and stretching out

fever had

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

"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

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

barked, irritated

are you so angry?

she had been running.But  the doctors hadn't found anything wrong with her I

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

that her body was riddled

askance at him and said, "I'm sorry