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.

approached her with a request to marry

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

been three days since

Ayla walked out of her room and went

was, she could roam freely inside

assign any bodyguards to

there weren't many visitors, the only people she

she had to sneak

she was going to take care of some private affairs and

ask Lyle to drive

she went to the nearby

arrived at school, she met Veronica and

be absent from school, you will get into trouble.Our dean has been looking for you.But we couldn't get in

sleeve in order to make her shut and said, "Ayla, you can talk to the dean and I'm sure things will be fine

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

to school, he might as well

went there he'd know what had happened

and wore a designer suit.Are you in a

like Ayla, especially because Ayla was

appreciated

at socializing, as she spent a

She also worked part-time.

her family's support, Ayla was able to gain a lot of people's love and

wasn't really a

she was jealous of Ayla, because Ayla was more popular

looked at

business card? Why don't you

card and gave it to

to have

her phone, she

to go now.Can you please ask

in the school for

Veronica nodded understandingly.

something had been going

felt comfortable to

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

in a cafe, Ayla gripped the business card in her

a long time,

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

sounded composed and professional, not how she

he'd sound more anxious

it's me," Ayla said in a

for a

Molly who was sitting right

a flat tone, "What's

 "Are you busy now?"

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

"Go ahead."

calm and collected on the outside, his heart was palpitating