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.

Clayton when he approached her with a request

raising her, she had to sell her whole life to the

three days since Brian didn't come

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

was, she could roam freely inside the

he didn't assign any bodyguards to restrict

weren't many visitors, the only people she saw were the

she had to sneak

to take

didn't even ask Lyle to

the nearby bus station and

she arrived at school, she met

continue to be absent from school, you will get into

said, "Ayla, you can talk to the dean and I'm sure things will be

the school? Did he

he might as well go to

went there he'd

is really very handsome! He looked like a business elite and wore a designer suit.Are you in a relationship with him

like Ayla, especially because Ayla was better

appreciated by the

socializing, as she spent a lot of time in the library

She also worked part-time.

to gain a lot of people's

wasn't really a bad

Ayla, because Ayla was

 Lisa looked at

card? Why

out a card and

fortunate to have

phone, she lost

please ask the dean to

stay in the school for a longtime without Brian's

Veronica nodded understandingly.

had been

comfortable to

person, so it explained why she hadn't

a cafe, Ayla gripped the business card in her

long time,

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

not how she

had thought he'd sound more anxious because

Ayla said

for

sitting right in front of him on

asked almost in a flat tone, "What's the

you

it clear today, she might

"Go ahead."

calm and collected on the outside, his heart