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

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

been three days since Brian

nothing to do, Ayla walked out of her

only freedom Brian approved of was, she

didn't assign any

weren't many visitors, the only people she saw were the

she had to sneak out of the

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

didn't even ask Lyle to

nearby bus

she arrived at school, she

to be absent from school, you will

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

Did he say anything?" Ayla

come to school, he might as well go to

there he'd know what had

like a business elite and wore a

because Ayla was better in studies than

always appreciated by the

socializing, as she spent a lot

She also worked part-time.

able to gain a lot of people's

really

she was jealous of Ayla, because Ayla was

looked

card? Why

out a card and gave it to

to have Toby's

her phone, she

you please ask the dean to grant me a few days'

the school

Veronica nodded understandingly.

something had been going on with

Ayla felt comfortable to talk, she wouldn't

wasn't a talkative person, so it explained why she

in a cafe, Ayla gripped the business card in

thinking for a long time, she dialed

"Hello!" 

Toby answered the call.

sounded composed and professional, not how she had imagined

had thought he'd sound more anxious

me," Ayla said in a low

paused for a

eyes shifted to Molly who was sitting right

asked almost in a

you busy

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

"Go ahead."

and collected on the outside, his heart was palpitating