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

had seemed fine yesterday, but was now unconscious and unresponsive, causing

he said,

could happen to

from drug addiction but she was fine

the fact that she had used

Anna didn't say anything.

turned around and walked out of the ward, but didn't

was unusual, and that Brian was keeping

that morning, when Anna returned to the office, she

you 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 him company? No intention of

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

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

office without working, know that the

Anna shot back.

didn't like Linda's

was here only for Brian and not for

smiled, as if the other

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

Linda turned around and

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

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," Brian

looked at him,

"Why am I here?"

high fever last night," he said, sitting down by her

fever had

that she would never wake up and that

"I see," Ayla said.

"I'm fine now."

over the past few months.Her health was getting worse with each passing

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

irritated with

looked at him, "Why are you so angry?

herself to the hospital because of the constant high temperatures she had been running.But  the doctors hadn't

Is it because of Lucas that you wanted to live on? And now that I'm with you, you're

body was riddled with weakness, Brian would have punished her

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