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

Ayla dragged her aching body to her room.She was sore all over.

Leaning against the bed, she sat on the ground.

Her eyes shifted to the bottle of contraceptive pills on the bedside table.How long would she have to do this? 

Sitting in his room, Brian took a drag of his cigarette and puffed out the smoke.

His mind kept replaying what just happened.

He wondered why he became so impulsive after being drunk.

It never happened before.

He still couldn't understand what kind of woman Arlene was? Brian wanted to investigate about her when he realized her behavior differed from what he had heard about her.

But when Toby showed up, he overlooked his suspicion.

Her secret rendezvous with Toby was enough proof.

Ayla grabbed her new phone, which was given by Brian.

There was no other phone number except his.

He really wanted her to cut off all contacts.

She stared at it forlornly before putting it aside.

A week passed by after that incident.

Ayla feared that Toby would be worried for her.

She needed to meet him and explain things.

She didn't want Toby to lose his bright future and his beautiful fiancee because of her.

Although she had just seen his fiancee from a distance, she could tell that his fiancee was a beautiful and very graceful lady.

Unlike her, who had just been a burden to Toby, his fiancee was mature and really suitable for Toby.

Toby always had Ayla's back since childhood.

He skipped classes for her, fought for her, worked for her to buy her delicious food.

So, the Brown family hated Ayla very much for being Toby's priority.

Although she was adopted by Clayton, she never understood what his purpose was behind adopting her.

Because he never cared about her and never wanted to keep her in his close proximity.

Ayla never called him father.

When she turned eighteen, she thought she could finally get rid of the Woodsen family, which never really was her home.

But instead, Clayton pushed her towards a darker future from where she couldn't see a way out.

couldn't refuse Clayton when he approached her with

his so- called kindness of raising her, she had to sell her whole life to the devil,

been three days since Brian didn't

to do, Ayla walked out

of was, she could

he didn't assign any bodyguards to restrict her

the only people she

to sneak out of the villa

to take care of some private affairs and would

didn't even ask Lyle to drive

to the nearby bus

she arrived at school, she met Veronica and

absent from school, you will get into trouble.Our dean

Lisa's sleeve in order to make her shut and said, "Ayla, you can talk to the dean and I'm sure things will be fine after that.But during your absence, a man named Toby came looking for

school? Did he say anything?" Ayla

might as well

he'd know what had happened

wore a designer suit.Are you in

Ayla, especially because Ayla was better

always appreciated

wasn't good at socializing, as she spent a

She also worked part-time.

able to gain a lot of people's love

really a bad

of Ayla, because Ayla was

 Lisa looked at

business card? Why

card and gave it to

to

her phone, she lost Toby's number

have to go now.Can you please ask the dean to grant

school for a longtime without Brian's

Veronica nodded understandingly.

been going on with

comfortable to talk, she

a talkative person, so it explained why

gripped the business card in

thinking for a long time, she

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

professional, not how she had imagined

he'd sound more

Ayla said in a low

paused for a

who was sitting right in

almost in a flat tone, "What's

you busy now?"

didn't make it clear today, she might never get

"Go ahead."

calm and collected on the outside,