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

of raising her, she had to sell her

days since Brian didn't

there was nothing to do, Ayla walked out of her room

approved of was, she could roam freely

any bodyguards to

weren't many visitors, the only people she saw

had to sneak out of

to take care of some private affairs

even ask Lyle

to the nearby

she arrived at school, she

to be absent from school, you will get into

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

came to the school? Did he say anything?"

to school, he might as well

went there he'd know

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

because Ayla was better in studies than

always appreciated by the

at socializing, as she spent a lot of time in

She also worked part-time.

without her family's support, Ayla was able to

wasn't really a bad

of Ayla, because Ayla was more

 Lisa looked

you a business card? Why don't you give

a card and

felt fortunate to have Toby's

Brian destroyed her phone, she lost Toby's number along with

ask

couldn't stay in the school for a longtime without Brian's

Veronica nodded understandingly.

knew something had been going

comfortable to talk, she

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

cafe, Ayla gripped the business card in

for a long

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

composed and professional, not how she

more anxious because of her

Ayla said in a

paused for

sitting right in front of

a flat tone, "What's

you busy now?"

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

"Go ahead."

collected on the