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.

when he approached her with a request to marry

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

had been three days since

Ayla walked out of her room and went to the

freedom Brian approved of was, she could roam

he didn't assign any

visitors, the only people she saw were

today she had to sneak out of the

take care of some private

even ask Lyle to

the nearby bus station and

she arrived at school, she met

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

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

the school? Did he say

come to school, he might as

he went there he'd know

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

like Ayla, especially because Ayla

appreciated by

wasn't good at socializing, as she spent a lot of

She also worked part-time.

was able to gain a

really a

Ayla, because Ayla was more popular than

looked

Why

a card and

fortunate to

phone, she

go now.Can you please ask the dean to

in the school for a longtime

Veronica nodded understandingly.

been

felt comfortable to talk, she wouldn't

a talkative person, so it explained

Ayla gripped the business

a long time, she

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

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

had thought he'd sound more anxious

me," Ayla said

for a

to Molly who was sitting right in front of him

a flat tone, "What's

 "Are you busy now?"

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