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

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

three days since Brian didn't

walked out of her room and

approved of was,

didn't assign any bodyguards to restrict her

weren't many visitors, the only people she

today she had to sneak out of

secretly told Maria that she was going to take care of some private

even ask Lyle

she went to the nearby

at

coming to school these days.But if you continue to be absent from school, you will get

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

school? Did

might as well

he went there he'd know what had

very handsome! He looked like a business elite and wore a designer suit.Are you

especially because Ayla was

always appreciated by

she spent a lot of time in the library

She also worked part-time.

her family's support, Ayla was able to gain

wasn't really a bad

because Ayla

looked

he give you a business card? Why don't you give it

out a card and gave it to

felt fortunate to have Toby's

destroyed her phone, she lost Toby's number along

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

school for a longtime

Veronica nodded understandingly.

knew something had been going on

comfortable to talk, she

it explained why she hadn't yet

cafe, Ayla gripped the business card in her hand

a long time, she dialed

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

composed and professional, not how

sound more anxious

it's me," Ayla said

paused for

was sitting right in front of him on the

a flat

you

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

"Go ahead."

and collected on the outside, his heart