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 clear in the

of that, Brian appeared at the

that had happened, she still couldn't

out Lucas’ name when she

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

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

always unpredictable, but Brian was much more capricious

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

was

moment, Brian

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

was still inebriated.She turned her gaze towards the

sadness.She had told Lucas that they

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

stepped on the gas,

doing it on

isn't

wanted to let Ayla know that whenever she was by

the door's safety handle

she had had too much to drink, and now she had an upset

matter how much she endured or how badly she wanted to avoid sullying his car, she would still

the brake, the car was

the street before it steadily

dollars’ worth car was

opened the door, struggling to get

as she got out, she immediately

stood next to her, handing her a box of

going to drink

that there was no benefit in infuriating

time

squatting on the pavement, she glared

of

nobody could bear it, not to

worse, he deliberately did that

wanted to happen?’ she said in

Brian helped Ayla up.

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

get jealous.Brian can have any woman

had been in

took it upon herself to end

forget Lucas or not was her own