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.

their relationship, which had never

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

despite everything that had happened, she still couldn't

out Lucas’ name when

Brian could be, he couldn't tolerate it when the woman of his

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

but Brian was much more capricious than

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

with him was like accompanying

a moment, Brian

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

this moment, Ayla was still inebriated.She turned her gaze towards the passing

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

eyes on Brian's face showed that he

the gas,

doing it on

isn't she?’ he

whenever she was by his side, she should

the door's safety

too much to drink, and now she

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

the brake, the car was halted in front of

slid across the street before it

dollars’

opened the door, struggling to

soon as she got

to her, handing her

you going to drink

wanted her to know that there was no benefit

time before she could recover from

on the pavement, she

of your

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

to make it worse, he deliberately did

this what he wanted to happen?’ she said in her

Brian helped Ayla up.

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

for him to get jealous.Brian can have any woman he wants.Why should he get jealous because of a woman he had

she had been in a relationship

upon herself to end their relationship, she still couldn't

she could forget Lucas or not was her own business.It