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.

had never been

the perfect time to ask

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

Lucas’

matter how generous Brian could be, he couldn't tolerate it when the woman of his dreams cared about

and harder to breathe,

always unpredictable, but Brian was much more capricious

he was ready to squeeze the

was like accompanying a

a moment, Brian couldn't mollify his

few moments 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

inebriated.She

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

face showed that he was furious when he

on the gas, speeding along the

was doing it on

bold, isn't she?’ he

she was by his side, she should carefully think

door's safety handle

had had too much to drink, and now

she endured or how badly she wanted to avoid sullying his car, she

foot on the brake, the car was halted in front of the apartment

the street before it steadily came to

ten million dollars’ worth car was now

the door,

got out, she immediately started

handing her a

going to drink this much

to know that there was

Ayla a long time before

the pavement,

none of your

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

make it worse, he deliberately

this what he wanted to happen?’ she

Brian helped Ayla up.

me just like that?

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

in

it upon herself to end

was her own business.It had absolutely nothing to do with