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.

relationship, which had never been clear in the

Brian appeared at the perfect time to ask Ayla

had happened, she still couldn't

Lucas’ name when she

how generous Brian could be, he couldn't tolerate it

and harder to breathe, and she was about to

but Brian was much more capricious than

to Ayla this morning, but now, he was ready to

with him was like accompanying a

a moment, Brian couldn't mollify his

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 drove the

of this moment, Ayla was still inebriated.She turned her

sadness.She had told Lucas that they could never be lovers, and

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

on the gas,

doing it

bold, isn't she?’

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

gripped the door's safety handle

much to drink, and now she had an

no matter how much she endured or

the brake, the car was

the street before it steadily came

dollars’

the door, struggling

soon as she got out,

her, handing her a box of

to

that there was no

a long time before

was squatting on the pavement,

none of your

driving so fast that nobody could bear it,

worse, he deliberately did that to

this what he wanted to happen?’ she said in

Brian helped Ayla up.

take advantage of me just like that? You'd

jealous.Brian can have any woman he wants.Why should he get jealous because of a

in a relationship with

herself to

her own business.It had absolutely nothing to do