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.

ended their relationship, which had never been clear

of that, Brian appeared at the perfect time to ask

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

called out Lucas’

tolerate it when the woman of his dreams cared

felt that it was getting harder and harder to breathe, and she

but Brian

so kind to Ayla this morning, but now, he was ready to squeeze the life

with him was

moment, Brian

the car door on her side.Then, he went to the driver's seat and

was still inebriated.She turned her gaze towards

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

face showed that he was furious when he saw

on the gas, speeding

doing it on

isn't she?’

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

the door's safety handle

she had had too much to drink, and now she

matter how much she endured or how badly she wanted to avoid sullying his

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

car slid across the street before it

million dollars’ worth

the door, struggling to get

soon as she got out, she immediately

her, handing her a box of

to drink this

there

took Ayla a long time before she could recover from

on the pavement, she glared at

none of

bear it, not to

to make it worse, he deliberately did that to make

he wanted to happen?’ she said in

Brian helped Ayla up.

you think you can take advantage of me just like that? You'd better forget about that

for him to get jealous.Brian can have

been in a relationship with

she took it upon herself to end their relationship, she

or not was her own business.It had absolutely