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 a request to marry

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

three days since Brian didn't

to do, Ayla walked out of her room and went to

was, she could

didn't assign any bodyguards to

only people she saw

today she had to sneak out of the

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

ask Lyle to

went to the nearby bus station and

at school, she met Veronica

days.But if you continue to be absent from school, you will get into trouble.Our dean has been looking for you.But

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

school? Did

he might as

he'd know what

like a business elite and wore

Ayla was better in studies

was always appreciated

she spent

She also worked part-time.

able to gain a lot of people's love and

wasn't really a bad

she was jealous of Ayla, because

 Lisa looked

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

out a card and gave it to

felt fortunate to have

destroyed her phone, she lost Toby's

please ask the dean to

in the school

Veronica nodded understandingly.

something had been going

comfortable to talk, she

a talkative person, so it

Ayla gripped the business card in her hand

thinking for a long

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

composed and professional, not how she had imagined it'd

more anxious because

me," Ayla said in a

for a

was sitting right in front of him on

almost in a flat tone, "What's

 "Are you

didn't make it clear today, she might never

"Go ahead."

on the outside, his heart was palpitating