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

that, Brian appeared at the perfect time to

she still couldn't forget about

called out Lucas’ name when she

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

that it was getting harder and harder to breathe, and

Brian was much

but now, he was ready to squeeze the life out

was like accompanying

a moment, Brian couldn't mollify

to loosen his grip on her neck and slam the

was still inebriated.She turned her gaze towards the passing

had told Lucas that they could never be lovers,

face showed that he was furious

gas, speeding along the

was doing it on

isn't

wanted to let Ayla know that whenever she was by his

door's

to drink, and now she had an upset

much she endured or how badly she wanted to

the brake, the car was halted in front of the

across the street before it

the ten million dollars’ worth car

opened the door, struggling to get

as she got out,

next to her, handing her

going to drink this

know that there was no benefit in

a long time before she could recover from

the pavement, she glared at

none of your

fast that nobody could bear it,

deliberately did that to make

wanted to

Brian helped Ayla up.

can take advantage of me just like that? You'd

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

she had been in

took it upon herself to end their relationship,

she could forget Lucas or not was her own