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.

next time, don't come by without

the sofa

him, and asked, "Mr.Collins, are you starting

didn't respond to her

preferences well, and he

tonight, so just let me

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

was a sexually active

she could make any man surrender to her

sex, she put on her nightgown and leaned against

going back to Thailand this time,

so interested in my

had been traveling around all

just asking casually.There's no need to

home! I have

the first time that he prohibited her from staying overnight in his apartment.Sunny did not go against his

care about this new woman.Well then, I won't bother you anymore.Remember

the table, she put down a piece of paper that had

changed her clothes

had classes for the entirety of the morning, and she had one

to

she was, she had forgotten that she

her at the restaurant for an hour,

to the school's cafeteria, he found Ayla sitting alone and

be Mr.Clark's woman? Her way of living

you'd rather eat cafeteria grub than to have lunch with me,

Lucas sat across her.

she

"Sorry, I forgot."

had anything to eat yet, have you? Let

to abandon him like that; she

her stir-fried vegetables and tofu soup, shaking his

that? Besides, I don't think there's any more

really sorry for what

have to apologize.If you want to treat me a meal, you

out of the cafeteria and then they left the

firm grip on

me go.This

her plea and brought her to the restaurant across the school.The two of them went to

can you let me

wrist was starting to

helped her to her

dishes are served rather

His question embarrassed her.

head, Ayla said, "I just