The Substitute Bride: Making Memories Of Us (Lois Stone)

Regardless of how sore her hands felt, Ayla grabbed her bag, and said, "How about this, Mr.Collins? I'll help you get out of here.Outsiders are not allowed to stay in the school for too long, so I'll just tell the guard you were here to help me with the work in the library."

Thinking that her suggestion was reasonable, Lucas said, "Thanks for your help."

"It's no big deal.Anyway, let's move it!"

Ayla flashed him a beaming smile.

Perhaps she was the type of girl who would easily trust people.

She showed her Student ID to the guard and said something to him, and then she and Lucas ran out of the school quickly.

"It's okay now.You can go home quickly.I'm going home, too."

Lyle must've been waiting for a while now, so Ayla had to get home as soon as possible.

As soon as she turned around, Lucas grabbed her wrist.

"Lala, you helped me.How about I treat you to dinner?" he asked.

Glancing at her watch, she said, "I'm sorry, Mr.Collins, but it's getting late, and I have to go home."

Lucas looked at the car nearby and saw a middle-aged man step out of it.

"It seems that someone has come to pick you up, so never mind.But maybe we can just have lunch together at that restaurant tomorrow.Would that be fine with you?"

He pointed at an ordinary restaurant across the campus.

Lucas seemed that he knew her well.If he suggested a high-end restaurant, she might've declined right away.

However, a simple meal at a simple restaurant was something she couldn't refuse.When Ayla returned to the villa, she insisted on staying at her room in the servants' house.The main villa was dark, indicating that Brian hadn't come home yet.

It looked like he had become quite busy after his vacation.

Maria cooked dinner for her and asked her to eat before she went back to her room.

Meanwhile, Lucas was holding a glass of red wine in front of the French window of his apartment.

He didn't expect to run into Ayla today.It was as if they were fated to meet each other.

"What's the matter, Lucas? Are you not in the mood?"

A voluptuous woman approached, taking the glass from his hand, and drinking it down in one gulp.She then kissed him and transferred some of the wine into his mouth.

"What are you doing here?"

Lucas pulled her away from him, his eyes turning colder than before.

"I heard that you were back, so I came to see you."

This woman was close enough to him that she had a spare key to his apartment.

time, don't come by without my

went to the sofa and sat

beside him, and asked, "Mr.Collins, are

drink, he didn't

woman suited his preferences well, and he did like

so just let me have fun with

more than five years now, so she knew him well enough.He put down

was a sexually

and she

having sex, she put on her nightgown and

back to

so interested in my personal

been traveling around

asking casually.There's no need to get

home! I have

was the first time that he prohibited her from staying overnight in his

that you really care about this new woman.Well then, I

she put down a piece of paper that had her new address written

her clothes and

of the morning,

must go to

had forgotten that she promised to meet

waited for her at the restaurant for an hour, but she never showed

the school's cafeteria, he found Ayla sitting alone and eating rice with

Mr.Clark's woman? Her way of living was surprisingly

eat cafeteria grub than to have lunch with me, I see.That

Lucas sat across her.

Ayla saw him that she finally remembered her

"Sorry, I forgot."

in the eye, and said, "You probably haven't had anything to eat yet, have you? Let me buy you some

didn't mean to abandon him

at her stir-fried vegetables and tofu soup,

me to eat that? Besides, I

you some other day then.I'm really sorry for what happened

don't have to apologize.If you want to treat

of other students, Lucas led her out of the cafeteria and

his firm

me go.This isn't

and she didn't want to add another scandal to her name.However, Lucas ignored her plea and brought her to the restaurant across the school.The two of them

let me go

was

her go, Lucas helped her to her

dishes are

His question embarrassed her.

her head, Ayla said,