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.

wrong when she thought she couldn't

"Clean up this place!"

like it when

him unreasonably to

be crying and begging to

did

always wanted to be in charge of every

Ayla didn't say anything.

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

accidentally and blood oozed out of the

she just lost her enthusiasm to react

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

trusted and loved, had

even lost

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

do anything but to

her every day, humiliate her every way possible, make her eternally doomed, and still

even make a sound,

It bothered him.

hand in

raise her head until

leave holding each

so frustrated with her

the cold floor

hold

her heart out as her blood dripped on to

heard the noise of her crying and came downstairs

Ayla a

predicted this

several times, and Maria knew how very picky she

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

"Mrs.Clark, please stand up."

girl get up and took her to her room.She took the medicine box and dressed Ayla's wound carefully.She didn't expect that her hand

a deep