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.

finally ended their relationship, which had never been clear in

top of that, Brian appeared at the perfect time to ask Ayla to leave

she still

out Lucas’ name when

Brian could be, he couldn't tolerate it

getting harder and harder

were always unpredictable, but Brian was much more

was so kind to Ayla this morning, but now, he was

with him was like accompanying

a moment, Brian couldn't mollify

later, he decided to loosen his grip on her neck and slam the car door on her side.Then, he went to the driver's seat and finally

inebriated.She turned

was filled with sadness.She had told Lucas that

unfeeling eyes on Brian's face showed that he was furious when he

gas, speeding along the

doing it on

bold, isn't she?’

was by his side, she should

the door's

she had had too much to drink, and

endured or how badly

the car was halted in front of the

the street before it

dollars’

the door, struggling

as she got out, she immediately started

handing her a box of

you going to drink

to know that there was no benefit in infuriating

long time before she

on the pavement, she glared at

of your

so fast that nobody could bear it, not to mention that she was

deliberately did that to make her

he wanted to happen?’ she said in

Brian helped Ayla up.

you think you can take advantage of me just

I don't even think it's necessary for him to get jealous.Brian can have any woman he

had been in a relationship with

if she took it upon herself to

or not was her own business.It had