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

Brian appeared at the perfect time to ask Ayla to

she still couldn't forget

called out Lucas’

couldn't tolerate it when the

it was getting harder and harder to breathe, and

Brian was

now, he was ready to squeeze the life out of her

with him was like accompanying a

moment, Brian

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

inebriated.She turned

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

eyes on Brian's face showed that he

gas, speeding along

doing

bold, isn't she?’ he

whenever she was by his

door's safety handle

too much to drink, and now she had an upset

endured or how badly she

on the brake, the car was halted in front of the apartment

the street before it steadily came to

dollars’ worth car was

opened the door,

soon as she got out, she immediately

handing her a box of

to drink this much

wanted her to know that there was no benefit in infuriating

a long time

on the pavement, she

none of your

bear

to make it worse, he deliberately did that to

to happen?’ she said in her

Brian helped Ayla up.

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

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

she had been in a

to end their relationship, she

or not was her own business.It had absolutely nothing