The Substitute Bride: Making Memories Of Us (Lois Stone)

After Ayla prepared the dishes and served them at the table, Anna looked at them with a disgusted expression.Brian and Anna were sitting face to face.

Brian asked her to taste the dishes and give her opinion about them.

Anna tasted each of them and was very much unsatisfied with the taste.

She either pointed out the dishes were too salty or too spicy.

Seeing that, Brian glared at Ayla and asked, "Are you taking your revenge on me because I asked you to cook?"

"No, it's nothing like that." Ayla shook her head.

It was so very obvious that they intentionally picked on her.She had nothing to say because it wouldn't make any difference.

"No? Because, none of these dishes is edible! These taste so bad!" he snapped then got up and threw away all the food to the ground.

The floor was a mess now.

Ayla although had expected this, it still hurt her feelings.

She had cooked with so much dedication, but he didn't even value her hard work.

All of her efforts just got wasted by that devil.

But she didn't even feel sad.

It could be expected from him.

However, she had suffered enough today.

First, Toby's intimacy with another woman, then Brian's and Anna's humiliations.

Seeing Ayla didn't even react, Brian got more furious.

His eyes narrowed to slits in exasperation as he raised his hand and slapped Ayla on her cheek.

The force was too much that it made her fall to the ground.

It stung where his hand made contact with her cheek.

she thought she couldn't

"Clean up this place!"

when she

to see her acting

be crying and begging

did neither of

be in charge of every situation, but it frustrated him when he couldn't control

Ayla didn't say anything.

on the ground quietly and picked up the pieces of broken

and blood oozed out

lost her enthusiasm to react

quietly continued her work.She brought a broom and started sweeping the place clean.She was humiliated beyond her expectation.She mocked herself for the life she had.She wasn't even the real daughter of the Woodsen family.She was just an orphan girl adopted by

man she had trusted and

lost

these, she had no right to expect anything good

couldn't do anything but to

of her would torture her every day, humiliate her

make

It bothered him.

behavior, he took Anna's hand in his and left

raise her head until she heard the

them leave holding each

felt so frustrated with her

the

hold back

her blood dripped on to

noise of her crying and came downstairs

Ayla

had predicted this

the villa several times, and Maria knew how very picky

one of Brian's girlfriends, and as a servant of the Clark family, Maria couldn't say

"Mrs.Clark, please stand up."

the numb girl get up and took her to her room.She took the medicine box and dressed Ayla's

was a deep