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

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

had been three days since Brian

do, Ayla walked out of her room and went

of was, she could roam freely inside

assign any bodyguards to restrict her

the only people she

had to sneak out

to take care

even ask Lyle to drive

the nearby bus station and

soon 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 has been looking for you.But we couldn't get in touch

pulled 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

Did he say

might as well go to the

there he'd

looked like a business elite and wore a designer suit.Are you in a relationship with him

Ayla, especially because Ayla was better in

appreciated by the

as she spent a lot of time in the library every

She also worked part-time.

support, Ayla was able to

wasn't really

jealous of Ayla, because Ayla was more

looked

card? Why don't you give it

a card and gave it to

felt fortunate to

she

now.Can you please ask the

the school for a longtime without

Veronica nodded understandingly.

had been

felt comfortable to

talkative person, so it explained why she hadn't yet told

the business

long

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

composed and professional, not how she had

thought he'd sound more anxious because of her

me," Ayla said in a

paused for

sitting right

almost in a flat tone, "What's

 "Are you busy

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

"Go ahead."

and collected on the outside,