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

appeared at the perfect

everything that had happened, she

called out Lucas’ name when

be, he couldn't tolerate it when the

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

always unpredictable, but Brian was much more

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

him was

Brian couldn't

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 seat and

of this moment, Ayla was still inebriated.She turned

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

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

on the gas, speeding along the

was doing

bold, isn't she?’ he

she was by his side,

the door's

drink, and now she had

matter how much she endured or how badly she

the car was halted in front of the

the street before it

dollars’ worth car

door, struggling to

she got out,

to her, handing her

to

wanted her to know that there was no benefit

time before she could

on the pavement, she glared

none of your

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

make it worse, he deliberately did that

he wanted to happen?’ she said in her

Brian helped Ayla up.

take advantage of me just

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

had been in a relationship

herself to

was her own business.It had absolutely nothing to