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.

which had never been clear in the

the

that had happened, she

out Lucas’ name

tolerate it when the woman of his dreams cared about

it was getting harder and harder to breathe,

were always unpredictable, but Brian was

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

him was

a moment, Brian

the car door on her side.Then, he went

of this moment, Ayla was still inebriated.She

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

on Brian's face showed that he was furious when he saw the absent-minded

the gas, speeding

was doing

bold, isn't

wanted to let Ayla know that whenever she was by

door's

drink, and now she had an

kept driving at this speed, no matter how much she endured or how badly she wanted to avoid sullying his car,

brake, the car was

before it steadily came to

dollars’ worth car

opened the door, struggling to get

got out, she immediately

to her, handing her

going to

wanted her to know that there was no benefit in infuriating

took Ayla a long time before she could recover

on the pavement, she

none of your

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

worse, he deliberately

to happen?’ she

Brian helped Ayla up.

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

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

had been in

if she took it upon herself to

could forget Lucas or not was her own business.It