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

Upon seeing that Ayla was about to reach for the glass again, Brian thought that she was planning to drink herself to death.It was already generous of him to allow her to drink this much, and yet she still wanted to keep drinking.

Although, how could he expect a drunk woman to be aware of her actions? Before Ayla could firmly grasp the glass, Brian snatched it away from her hand and drank it himself.

"My wine..."

Ayla was drunk.

The looming fear she always had whenever Brian was around, had been cast aside by her mind.

Despite the strange glances they were getting, he picked her up and brought her outside the bar.

A gust of cold wind blew past them, causing Ayla to shiver involuntarily.She snuggled up to him, and called out Lucas’ name subconsciously.

"Ayla!"

Brian had been trying to make up for all the suffering he had put her through, and he had been gentle to her all this time.

But despite all of his efforts, she still couldn't move on from Lucas.He then opened the car door and threw her into the back seat, causing her head to accidently hit the door.

"Ouch!"

As she rubbed her aching forehead, sobriety gradually came to her.

"Why are you being so crass against me?"

Ayla rolled her eyes at Brian.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

"Ayla! Don't push your luck just because I've been treating you well lately!"

He clasped her neck tightly with his hand.

Had he lacked compassion for her, he would've strangled her without uttering a single word.

However, Brian couldn't bring himself to hurt Ayla.He knew that she had used him as an excuse to escape Lucas this afternoon, but Brian was willing to do it for her.He had gone the extra mile by letting her know about Lucas and Haley's relationship.

Brian even returned Ayla's ring to her as a compromise because he knew that if he kept forcing her to do his bidding, it would only push her further away from him.

And so, the only viable course of action was to back away for now.

Just as he had expected, his plan succeeded.

Aye confronted Lucas, and returned the ring to him.

which had never been clear in the

the perfect time to ask Ayla to

despite everything that had happened, she still couldn't forget about

even called out Lucas’ name

how generous Brian could be, he couldn't tolerate it when the woman of

and harder to breathe, and she was about

were always unpredictable, but Brian was

Ayla this morning, but now, he was

with him was like

moment, Brian couldn't

later, he decided to loosen his grip on her neck and slam the

moment, Ayla was still inebriated.She turned her gaze towards

her heart was filled with sadness.She had told Lucas that they could never be lovers, and that they

eyes on Brian's face showed that

gas, speeding along

was doing it on

isn't she?’ he

wanted to let Ayla know that whenever she was by his side, she

gripped the door's safety

much to drink, and now she had an upset

much she endured or how badly she wanted to

the car was

across the street before it steadily came to a

million dollars’

the door,

as she got

stood next to her, handing her a box of

going to drink this

know that there was no benefit

time

the pavement,

none of

could bear it, not to mention that she was

make it worse, he deliberately did

this what he wanted to

Brian helped Ayla up.

you can take advantage of me just like

even think it's necessary for him to get jealous.Brian can have any woman he wants.Why should he get jealous because of a woman he had once abandoned?’ Ayla

she had been in a relationship with

to end

could forget Lucas or not was her own business.It