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

Brian had just turned around when he felt soft lips pressing down on his.

This was the first time Ayla had taken the initiative to kiss him.

He didn't want her to kiss him just because he had returned the ring to her.He didn’t want her to go running into another man's arms once they were done.

Ayla's kiss was inexperienced.But she put her soul into it, turning her into a seductress, making Brian helpless and unable to refuse her.

"Did you kiss me just to repay me, Lala?"he said softly.

As his gaze found hers, Brian felt his stomach drop away.

He was becoming more and more weak- kneed before Ayla with each passing day.

The kiss she had given him didn't even qualify as one, but it filled him with satisfaction and relief.

Ayla didn't say anything but merely looked at him, because it was not a reward.

She had never thought of repaying him in this way.She had just been overcome with the sudden urge to do it.

That was all.

She knew Brian wouldn't care, but she had still done it.

Brian flashed her a charming smile, one that she had never seen before.

Ayla didn't go to see Lucas once she left the apartment.

Instead, she went to office.

She knew Brian wasn't lying when he said that Lucas and that woman were in a relationship.

And she didn't want to ruin their relationship by appearing suddenly before them.

Lucas had done a lot for Ayla these past two years.

All she wanted was for him to be happy.

After the morning meeting, Ayla and her assistant, Ellie, went to JJ Department Store to recce the site.

The fashion show would be held there one week later.

Ayla wasn't supposed to be there, but Anna and Brian were having a meeting in the company and so they had asked her to do the task instead.

in the mall's underground warehouse and she needed to check

walked up to the first floor of the mall where the clothes

was that the space was cluttered and congested, nowhere near airy as the

made this

when he

small space couldn't hold many

the clothes made it to the

the JJ Department Store

were all luxurious and pricey,

was greeted by the manager

a subsidiary of the Clark Group, Brian had called the manager in advance, instructing him to receive and treat

manager dared not defy

shopping mall.My name is Zayn Cohen,"the middle- aged manager said as way of introduction and handed Ayla a

with a slight smile, "Mr.Cohen, please

looked mildly horrified before

the office upstairs first.We can go to the

Ayla nodded.

the glass- enclosed elevator from where they could

the second floor where women's wear

women's wear, Miss Woodsen.In the future, Mr.Clark will set up an exclusive

soaring sales that the shopping mall was

looked at the people milling

was not a weekend, but there were still quite

here were all from rich

a couple

was carrying several shopping bags full of baby

but she had never expected to meet them

air between

once,

moment he saw Ayla.It didn't matter to him

was not a

that her intuition had been right, that perhaps this woman in front

Lala?" Lucas asked, a

relationship with Haley, but

baby with her.He had agreed because he was worried about her, about her pregnancy.He

at Lucas and said, "I have

looked down at the baby products that Lucas was

had known all

he had asked