The Substitute Bride: Making Memories Of Us (Lois Stone)

Chapter 32: The Wife's Duty 

"What do you think? Mrs.Clark, are you satisfied?" said a voice from behind Ayla.

It was Brian.She turned to face him.Her expression was wary.

"Mr.Clark, what do you want?"

"What do you think?" Brian said softly, moving closer to her.

He lifted her chin, tilting her face so she had no choice but to meet his eyes.

"I can return to the entertainment club.I can keep washing dishes," Ayla offered.

Brian shook his head adamantly.

"No.You don't have to go back.Your sweetheart has spent a lot of money to get you out of that place and allow you to continue being Mrs.Clark.Do you want to let him down?" She said nothing.

Brian added, "So from now on, you live here.Get used to it."

He stepped back and turned away from her, walking into his own bedroom, which was the master room on the other side of the hallway.

As soon as he closed the door behind him, Ayla walked inside her room.

She gazed at the pretty purple bed sheets, the gauzy beige curtains, and the pure white wardrobe and dresser.

It was a lovely, feminine room.

She couldn't believe she would be living here.

She felt as though she didn't deserve this.

She wandered out to the private balcony, which overlooked the lawn.

She spent the rest of the afternoon seated on a lounge chair, enjoying the sunlight and the breeze and the gorgeous view of colorful flowers strewn over the grass.

The sun was setting when she heard a knock at the door.

"Come in," she called.

Maria entered.

"Mrs.Clark, dinner is ready," she said respectfully.

Ayla took a last look at the beautiful orange sky.She smiled to herself.

"Thanks, I'll be right down."

She entered the dining room to find Brian already seated at the head of the table, reading a newspaper.

She stopped near the doorway and said, "Hello, Mr.Clark."

He gave her an impatient look.

"Well, don't just stand there.Do you need me to invite you to sit down?"

He put down the newspaper beside him and gave her a cold look.

She hurried to the table and sat down.

The atmosphere in the dining room was so tense she didn't even dare to glance at him.

so scared," he

have to get

prepared for them, but Ayla had

forced herself to finish the food so he wouldn't snap

living room, where there was

peeked in and saw that he was watching a financial news

like this, and as long as

up her plate, intending to take it to the

table. You can

Maria took the empty plate from her hand and

snack.Go on, you can take it with you when you join

trying to create opportunities for the

must have changed his mind, which was why he'd brought Mrs.Clark back and arranged for her to

a deep breath and went to the living

softly, putting down the bowl of

had so

a phone and handed it

"Here," he said.

him

don't want to

up her mind not to disturb

to be the

glanced coolly

mind that your duty now is to live here and act as a

duty? What did he

with

her situation helpless and painful, and she

night with anyone, she had to drag her aching body back to her own

she had to pay for her luxurious

the rest of the week, she could barely

stayed awake until dawn,

seated in his office, was

time since

the entertainment club, the staff members

Brian had

not trust

he was willing to gamble on his company's big

saw that

again? Molly frowned, wondering if the woman had left because she had

her fault? Had she decided on her own that

towards

"Toby," she said.

Molly called his name, he came

hello.You're here," he said, smiling

mind and heart were full of

you," she said, holding up a bag in her

past weeks.Do you need to be working overtime so much? Dad and

and handed him

began drinking the warm soup.He said, "Don't worry.I'll come home

from loving Lala, he couldn't

while Ayla was helping to clean the villa, she considered

she wouldn't be able to, but still, she couldn't

living room

when her mobile phone suddenly rang, jolting her

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