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.

refuse Clayton when he approached her with a

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

had been three days since Brian

Ayla walked out of her room and

was, she could

didn't assign any

the only

today she had to sneak out of the villa

Maria that she was going to take care of some

didn't even ask Lyle

she went to the nearby bus

she arrived at school, she met

locked? You aren't even coming to school these days.But if you continue to be absent from school, you will get into trouble.Our dean has been looking for you.But

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

school? Did he say anything?" Ayla

to school, he might as well go to the

he went there he'd know what

like a business elite and wore a designer suit.Are you in a relationship with him too?"

especially because Ayla was better

appreciated by

good at socializing, as she spent a lot of time in the library

She also worked part-time.

support, Ayla was able to gain a lot of people's

wasn't really

because Ayla was more popular than

 Lisa looked at

business card? Why don't you give it to

took out a card and gave it

to

Brian destroyed her phone, she

you please ask the

school for

Veronica nodded understandingly.

knew something had been going

Ayla felt comfortable to

person, so it explained why she

gripped the business card

long time,

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

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

thought he'd sound more anxious because of her

me," Ayla said

paused for a

eyes shifted to Molly who was sitting right in front of

almost in a

you

it clear today, she might never

"Go ahead."

on the