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!"

like it when she

bothered him unreasonably to see her acting

should be crying and begging

she did neither

wanted to be in charge of every situation, but

Ayla didn't say anything.

quietly and picked up the pieces

finger got cut accidentally and blood oozed out

lost her enthusiasm

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

man she had trusted and loved,

lost

of these, she had no right to expect anything good from

do anything

her every way possible, make her eternally doomed, and still she

make a

It bothered him.

hand in his and

didn't even raise her head until she heard the

them leave holding

so frustrated with

back on to the cold floor

couldn't hold back

sobbed her heart out as her blood

of her crying and came downstairs

Ayla a pitiful

had predicted this to

the villa several times, and Maria knew how very picky she was with

and as a servant of the Clark

"Mrs.Clark, please stand up."

and took her to her room.She took the medicine box and dressed Ayla's wound

a deep