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

Chapter 25: Don't Cry Again 

Maria found Ayla in the parking lot and brought her back to her room.She held Ayla by her shoulder and comforted her.

"Mrs.Clark, please lie down for a while.I'll get you some food." Ayla nodded.

"Thank you." Her voice sounded so weak, and it was not only from the drink she'd had.It was because she was too depressed and grieved and had lost all her enthusiasm.

After that party, things never got better.Ayla fell seriously ill.

Over half a month passed until her condition was better.

All the while she stayed locked in the villa.

Besides, Brian disappeared soon after that night and hadn't returned home yet.

However, it was better for her to live here alone than to face him.

The doctor who was treating her, had advised her to get rid of the depression she was suffering from.

Otherwise she would end up with incurable depression.

But how could she stop her depression? She had lost her everything.Even her enthusiasm to live.She was now just waiting for death.

Was she so desperate to die? She glanced at her phone on the bedside table and pressed the power on button.

As soon as she did so, dozens of messages kept coming in and all of them were from Toby.

She didn't want to read them.

If she could, she would have deleted them all.But she could not.She still had feelings for Toby.

Even though they were separated from each other for several years, they grew up together and were close to each other.

She had been waiting for him all these years when they were apart, because he was her only hope.He was her future.But now everything was meaningless.

She reluctantly opened the messages and read them.

It turned out he had found out how she had become Brian's substitute bride.

She had no choice but to take Arlene's place.

Her phone suddenly buzzed.

She read the number but couldn't recognize it.

"Hello?" Ayla softly said.

"Lala, finally! I have been trying to catch you on the phone for so long.You got me so worried.How are you doing? Where are you now? How's everything? I want to see you!" Toby bombarded her with a long chain of questions.

"Toby, I'm fine."

She was really fine.

as Toby was

person Brian is! He can make your life worse than death, Lala!

even imagine the various ways

seeing her suffer like

would see her as Arlene, who was the real daughter of the Woodsen family and

he is

didn't know why she said

never

by having sex without

person? Toby could tell

had always been like

endured pain without

where are you now? Let's

needed to see

personally, he wouldn't believe what she

"But..." Ayla hesitated.

promise that she wouldn't leave the

me.I have something important to tell you.Tell me, where do

apartments, but he didn't know which one Brian

a while, but then

two of them agreed to meet at a

had gone to shop downtown with

the housekeeper and

of clothes,

the pre-selected coffee shop, Toby

by the

the cafe

"Lala."

took her hand

confused when he didn't lead her inside the cafe, instead

in my car.Let's

could object, Toby pulled her

"Toby!"

looked at

strange? What did he want? But Toby turned to her and smiled, then stepped on the

ride, they stopped in front of a

"Let's go upstairs."

new building in front of her, Ayla asked, "Toby, why

you can live here, Lala.I won't let you go back

her to his new apartment.He

I can't stay

Ayla eyed around

didn't expect that Toby would take such

would turn Toby's

suddenly pulled her into his

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