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.

when she thought

"Clean up this place!"

when she showed

bothered him unreasonably to see her acting

should be crying and begging to

did

wanted to be in charge of every situation, but it frustrated

Ayla didn't say anything.

kneeled down on the ground quietly and picked up the pieces of broken plates one

got cut accidentally and blood oozed out of the

lost her enthusiasm to react to

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

had trusted and loved, had left

lost her

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

couldn't do anything but

would torture her every day, humiliate her every way possible, make her eternally doomed, and

make a sound, Brian

It bothered him.

he took Anna's hand in his and left without

head

them leave holding each

felt so frustrated with her

to the cold floor

couldn't hold

her blood dripped on to the

Maria heard the noise of her crying and came downstairs to

gave Ayla

had predicted this to

villa several times, and Maria knew how very picky she

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

"Mrs.Clark, please stand up."

her to her room.She took the medicine box and

was a deep