The Substitute Bride: Making Memories Of Us (Lois Stone)
Chapter 178: He Was Mesmerized

Chapter 178: He Was Mesmerized 

Brian sat beside her.

"You can do whatever you want, as long as I don't object to it."

After saying that, he carried her into the bedroom.Then, he gently put her down beside the bed.

Ayla was standing barefoot.She stepped on the hemline of her dress and tipped over.

Slowly, she fell onto the bed behind her.Her arms were still dangling around his neck, so when she fell,she dragged him down with her.

"You can't wait to sleep with me any longer, can you? I never expected to see this side of you."

Since she had pulled him closer towards her, Brian wasn't planning to go easy on her anymore.

"I can't wait? What are you talking about? It's the dress.It's too long, so I accidentally stepped on it."

With that, Ayla felt no need to explain her side.

Right now, they were entangled in an awkward position, so it wasn't the perfect time to talk aboutsomething as trivial as a dress.A few minutes ago, she was wearing high heels and a full-length gown.Itwas understandable that she would step on the hemline of her dress and trip over it now that she wasbarefoot.

"That's a terrible excuse! It's unacceptable."

Brian had long known that this woman wouldn't take the initiative when it came to sex

"I've already given you an explanation.Whether you accept it or not, it's up to you.Now, get away fromme! You're too heavy."

Ayla's delicate body felt sore after bearing the full weight of his body.Brian did as he was told, and thetwo of them got even closer to each other, rendering her unable to move an inch.

"What on earth do you want?" Ayla felt his warmth as their skins came into contact.

"What do you think I want?" He stared at her body with lust evident in his eyes.

Following his gaze, Ayla quickly covered her chest with her hands.

"You pervert!"

"Come on! This wouldn't be the first time that I'd see your body!"

Upon seeing her reaction, Brian chuckled.He was mesmerized by how shy she looked just now.

Afterwards, he kissed her passionately.He was a good kisser.His wild kisses made it seem like hecouldn't get enough of it.Once they were done doing it, Ayla fell asleep.

Brian gently ran his fingers along her cheeks, realizing that he couldn't keep his urges at bay wheneverhe was around her.He leaned against the headboard, still wide awake.

‘What am I supposed to do with her?’ he thought.

If it weren't for the fact that he was worried she would get exhausted, he wouldn't have gone easy onher.The following day, as soon as Ayla entered the office, she saw the newspapers on her desk.

It was all about her! On the headline, she saw "the fashion show of the Clark Group's new designer,Ayla Woodsen, was a huge success".

"Ayla, take a look at all these reports! They're all about you.All of a sudden, you're now the mostsought-after designer of every fashion magazine," Ellie said to her as she came over with a smile.Aylaflipped through the newspaper casually.

Upon reading the highlights, she felt that they were all being exaggerated.She hardly cared about it.

No matter how much they were praising her, she didn't feel anything at all.

Without saying a word, she put the newspaper away.

"Ayla, aren't you happy about it? You're the headline of the newspaper! You're a celebrity." Ellie wassurprised to see her socalm.

"I'm pretty sure this news will be forgotten in a day or two.Don't feel envious about it.Perhaps one day,you, too, will be on the front page."

To be perfectly honest, that was not what Ayla wanted.As long as her efforts paid off, she would behappy.

Ellie felt shy.

"How is that going to happen? I'm not capable of achieving something like this yet!" She was just anordinary assistant, and she wasn't even a professional in this industry.

As soon as Ellie reached the end of her sentence, Linda came over, and said, "Ellie, you've beenshadowing Ayla for a long time now.Aren't you aware of her tricks yet?"

"What do you mean?" Ellie was perplexed.

"She's beautiful and charming.The type of woman that men could only dream of having.As long as shesatisfies Mr.Clark in bed, she'll get everything she wants.Don't you get it? That's what you should learnfrom her!"

Linda’s words were laden with malice, implying that the only reason Ayla gained everything that shehad was because she sold her body.

But Ayla chose to ignore that remark.

Besides, Linda had never liked her since the very beginning.She had no intention of changing Linda'sopinion.

If it were any other woman that Linda was bashing like this, they would've started a war.

Everyone in the office already knew how special Ayla was to Brian.

However, Linda still openly slandered her in front of so many people in the office.

Surprisingly, Ayla didn't seem bothered by it.Meanwhile, Brian was casually reading the newspaper inhis office.He was satisfied with how the reports turned out.

Normally, such reports should've appeared after the first fashion show was held.

Unfortunately, something terrible happened that day, so the event wasn't that successful.

"Are you satisfied?" Anna came in and saw Brian reading the news.

Such reports were to be expected.

After all, they invested a lot of time, money, and effort into it.

Both the grand fashion show and grand banquet yesterday cost them a fortune.

"Why are you here?" Brian put down the newspaper and shifted his gaze towards Anna.

"I was planning to show you the newspaper, but it doesn't seem necessary now, does it?" Anna neverknew when she started to become so tolerant.

Brian and Ayla brought out the best in each other now.

Naturally, she wasn't happy about it, and yet she still helped him get everything that he desired.

"You're not happy about it?"

Glancing at her, he added, "You worked really hard yesterday.Let me take you out to lunch."

"Aren't you going to accompany her?"

A bitter smile appeared on Anna’s lips.

What was she to him? Should she pretend to be happy that she had a chance to be a third wheelbetween them?Brian leaned back against the chair.

"She probably doesn't want to see me right now."

Last night, everything was fine between them.

But earlier this morning, she sneaked out before he could wake up.lt was obvious that she wasavoiding him.

He thought that she wouldn't be able to get up today, but when he got up, the servant told him that shehad already left ten minutes before he could wake up.

"Brian, are you still letting her have her own way? Haven't you ever thought of how she has lived herlife in the past two years, and how you've lived yours?" Anna felt sorry for him.

Was Ayla really worth all the kindness, consideration, and love that he offered? To Anna, he was theonly man that she could ever love.

But what about him? He just kept turning a blind eye to her, and even asked her to do everything in herpower to help Ayla.No matter how unhappy she became, she would do anything just to make Brianhappy.

There was nothing else in this world that she wanted.But she couldn't bear to watch as Ayla acted socold towards Brian.

It didn't seem like she cared about him at all.

From Anna's point of view, Ayla was just using him to get what she wanted.If it weren't for Brian, shewouldn't even be standing in the Clark Group's Design Department in the first place.