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.

he approached her with

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

had been three days since Brian didn't

walked out of her room and went

freedom Brian approved of was, she could

assign any bodyguards

there weren't many visitors, the only people

to sneak out of the villa

she was going to take care of some private affairs

ask Lyle to drive

went to the nearby bus station and

soon as she arrived at school, she

came.Was that rich man keeping you locked? You aren't even coming to school these days.But if you continue to be absent from school,

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

school? Did he say anything?" Ayla

come to school, he might as well go to

he went there he'd

elite and wore a designer suit.Are you in a

Ayla, especially because Ayla was better in studies

appreciated by

at socializing, as she spent a lot of time in

She also worked part-time.

was able to gain a lot of people's love and

wasn't really a bad

because

looked at

business card? Why don't you give

card and gave

to have Toby's

phone, she lost Toby's

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

in the school for a longtime

Veronica nodded understandingly.

had been

comfortable to talk, she wouldn't

so it explained why she hadn't yet

Ayla gripped the

a long time, she dialed the

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

sounded composed and professional, not how

had thought he'd sound more anxious because

said in a

paused for a

eyes shifted to Molly who was sitting right in front of him on the

asked almost in a flat tone,

you busy now?"

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

"Go ahead."

and collected on the outside,