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.

he approached her with a request to marry

his so- called kindness of raising her, she had to sell her

had been three days

was nothing to do, Ayla walked out of her room and went to the

approved of was, she could

he didn't assign any bodyguards to restrict

many visitors, the only people she saw were

had to sneak out of the villa

told Maria that she was going to take care of some private affairs and would come back

even ask Lyle to

the nearby

as she arrived at

man keeping you locked? You aren't even coming to school these days.But if you continue to be absent from school, you will get into trouble.Our dean

the dean and I'm sure things will be fine after that.But during your absence, a man named Toby came looking

to the school? Did he say anything?" Ayla asked

come to school, he might as well go

went there he'd know

very handsome! He looked like a business elite and wore a designer suit.Are you in a relationship with him too?" Lisa

Ayla, especially because Ayla was better in

was always appreciated

as she spent a lot of time

She also worked part-time.

able to gain a

wasn't really

jealous of Ayla, because Ayla

 Lisa looked at

you a business card? Why don't you give it to Ayla?"

out a card and gave

fortunate to have

destroyed her phone, she lost Toby's number along

ask the dean to grant

stay in the school for a longtime without

Veronica nodded understandingly.

been going

until Ayla felt comfortable to talk,

so it explained why

the business card

thinking for a long time, she dialed the

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

sounded composed and professional, not how she had

he'd sound more

Ayla said in

paused for

to Molly who was sitting right in front

in a flat tone, "What's

 "Are you busy

work.But if she didn't make it clear today, she might never get the chance to

"Go ahead."

calm and collected on the