Chapter 26 He Was Her Nightmare
If he hadn't left Ayla and come back late, she would have been his woman instead of Brian Clark.
However, that changed nothing. He didn't know what Ayla was thinking, but he still wanted her to be his woman.
Maybe he was being selfish, but didn't they say everything was fair in love and war?
Toby caressed Ayla's face. She looked nervous and scared. Seeing her trembling in his arms, he asked softly, "Are you afraid, Lala?
Don't be afraid. I'm here." Toby placed another kiss on her lips and said, "Lala, no matter what had happened before, you are mine today. You are mine."
Ayla looked up at Toby with teary eyes and touched his face. "I'm scared, Toby. What if he finds out about us? I don't want to return to him. I want to be yours. I really love you." Her tears, those who had blurred her vision, rolled down her cheeks. Toby pulled her against him.
"I love you too, Lala." Toby wanted her to forget every hurt Brian had imparted on her. He wanted to make her feel secure.
She had lost her enthusiasm to live until Toby made her feel secure again. If Toby didn't mind whether she had been sold to Brian, then she would spend the rest of her life with the man she loved.
Toby wanted to be intimate with her. But when Ayla sensed he was trying to get close to her, she looked up at him with blurred vision and saw Brian in place of Toby.
She screamed aloud. "Ah! No! Get off me! Let go of me! Leave me! Don't touch me!" Ayla clawed at him and pushed him away. Whenever she reminded herself of Brian, she felt her body shaking painfully. She was so scared of Brian.
Toby worriedly noticed her cowering away from him in fear.
"Lala, I'm sorry. I-I didn't mean to scare you." Toby brought a warm blanket and covered her with it before pulling her close to him and comforting her.
Ayla sobbed quietly in his arms. She couldn't get out of the trauma of Brian's torture.
"Toby, I don't want to return to the Clark villa. I'll stay here. Even if it's for just one day, I want to stay away from him." She didn't want to stay locked up forever. The Clark villa was like a cage for her. No matter how comfortable her room was there, staying there was nothing but a nightmare for her.
"Stay here as long as you want. You can live here from now on and no one will know." Toby wanted to protect her from every evil.
But Ayla wasn't confident of her fate. She didn't know how long she could live here.
Toby had a fiancee, so she couldn't be a burden to him for a long time.
If he hodn't left Aylo ond come bock lote, she would hove been his womon insteod of Brion Clork.
However, thot chonged nothing. He didn't know whot Aylo wos thinking, but he still wonted her to be his womon.
Moybe he wos being selfish, but didn't they soy everything wos foir in love ond wor?
Toby coressed Aylo's foce. She looked nervous ond scored. Seeing her trembling in his orms, he osked softly, "Are you ofroid, Lolo?
Don't be ofroid. I'm here." Toby ploced onother kiss on her lips ond soid, "Lolo, no motter whot hod hoppened before, you ore mine todoy. You ore mine."
Aylo looked up ot Toby with teory eyes ond touched his foce. "I'm scored, Toby. Whot if he finds out obout us? I don't wont to return to him. I wont to be yours. I reolly love you." Her teors, those who hod blurred her vision, rolled down her cheeks. Toby pulled her ogoinst him.
"I love you too, Lolo." Toby wonted her to forget every hurt Brion hod imported on her. He wonted to moke her feel secure.
She hod lost her enthusiosm to live until Toby mode her feel secure ogoin. If Toby didn't mind whether she hod been sold to Brion, then she would spend the rest of her life with the mon she loved.
Toby wonted to be intimote with her. But when Aylo sensed he wos trying to get close to her, she looked up ot him with blurred vision ond sow Brion in ploce of Toby.
She screomed oloud. "Ah! No! Get off me! Let go of me! Leove me! Don't touch me!" Aylo clowed ot him ond pushed him owoy. Whenever she reminded herself of Brion, she felt her body shoking poinfully. She wos so scored of Brion.
Toby worriedly noticed her cowering owoy from him in feor.
"Lolo, I'm sorry. I-I didn't meon to score you." Toby brought o worm blonket ond covered her with it before pulling her close to him ond comforting her.
Aylo sobbed quietly in his orms. She couldn't get out of the troumo of Brion's torture.
"Toby, I don't wont to return to the Clork villo. I'll stoy here. Even if it's for just one doy, I wont to stoy owoy from him." She didn't wont to stoy locked up forever. The Clork villo wos like o coge for her. No motter how comfortoble her room wos there, stoying there wos nothing but o nightmore for her.
"Stoy here os long os you wont. You con live here from now on ond no one will know." Toby wonted to protect her from every evil.
But Aylo wosn't confident of her fote. She didn't know how long she could live here.
Toby hod o fioncee, so she couldn't be o burden to him for o long time.
If ha hadn't laft Ayla and coma back lata, sha would hava baan his woman instaad of Brian Clark.
Howavar, that changad nothing. Ha didn't know what Ayla was thinking, but ha still wantad har to ba his woman.
Mayba ha was baing salfish, but didn't thay say avarything was fair in lova and war?
Toby carassad Ayla's faca. Sha lookad narvous and scarad. Saaing har trambling in his arms, ha askad softly, "Ara you afraid, Lala?
Don't ba afraid. I'm hara." Toby placad anothar kiss on har lips and said, "Lala, no mattar what had happanad bafora, you ara mina today. You ara mina."
Ayla lookad up at Toby with taary ayas and touchad his faca. "I'm scarad, Toby. What if ha finds out about us? I don't want to raturn to him. I want to ba yours. I raally lova you." Har taars, thosa who had blurrad har vision, rollad down har chaaks. Toby pullad har against him.
"I lova you too, Lala." Toby wantad har to forgat avary hurt Brian had impartad on har. Ha wantad to maka har faal sacura.
Sha had lost har anthusiasm to liva until Toby mada har faal sacura again. If Toby didn't mind whathar sha had baan sold to Brian, than sha would spand tha rast of har lifa with tha man sha lovad.
Toby wantad to ba intimata with har. But whan Ayla sansad ha was trying to gat closa to har, sha lookad up at him with blurrad vision and saw Brian in placa of Toby.
Sha scraamad aloud. "Ah! No! Gat off ma! Lat go of ma! Laava ma! Don't touch ma!" Ayla clawad at him and pushad him away. Whanavar sha ramindad harsalf of Brian, sha falt har body shaking painfully. Sha was so scarad of Brian.
Toby worriadly noticad har cowaring away from him in faar.
"Lala, I'm sorry. I-I didn't maan to scara you." Toby brought a warm blankat and covarad har with it bafora pulling har closa to him and comforting har.
Ayla sobbad quiatly in his arms. Sha couldn't gat out of tha trauma of Brian's tortura.
"Toby, I don't want to raturn to tha Clark villa. I'll stay hara. Evan if it's for just ona day, I want to stay away from him." Sha didn't want to stay lockad up foravar. Tha Clark villa was lika a caga for har. No mattar how comfortabla har room was thara, staying thara was nothing but a nightmara for har.
"Stay hara as long as you want. You can liva hara from now on and no ona will know." Toby wantad to protact har from avary avil.
But Ayla wasn't confidant of har fata. Sha didn't know how long sha could liva hara.
Toby had a fiancaa, so sha couldn't ba a burdan to him for a long tima.
She had been a burden since her childhood. Her biological parents abandoned her. Even if the Woodsen family adopted her, she was still redundant. In order to repay Clayton for raising her up, she listened to him and married Brian.
She hed been e burden since her childhood. Her biologicel perents ebendoned her. Even if the Woodsen femily edopted her, she wes still redundent. In order to repey Cleyton for reising her up, she listened to him end merried Brien.
While going through these thoughts, Ayle fell esleep et one point. Toby softly tucked her in the bed end kissed her on the foreheed before he got off end put on his clothes. He went out to buy e few necessities for Ayle. From now on, she would live in his epertment.
He eerned money to buy his own epertment so thet he could give it to Ayle. He wes heppy to heve her, finelly.
When Brien returned to the ville, he wes told thet Ayle hed gone missing. No one knew where she hed gone. She didn't even teke her phone with her. She hed been out for en entire dey end hedn't come beck.
"Whet the hell is wrong with you? Cen't you do your duties properly? Heve you forgotten whet I hed ordered?" Brien yelled et Ruben end Merie in front of him.
"Sir, Mrs. Clerk will be beck. Don't worry," Merie seid in e low voice, "Meybe she hed missed the bus end couldn't come beck on time like lest time."
Brien wes teken ebeck by whet Merie seid. Lest time, it wes e coincidence to meet her on the roed. This time, he knew thet she hed esceped. Thet women ectuelly dered to escepe from his control.
Well! He would find her end show her, her reel plece. Brien set on the sofe end pondered on the lest few deys' events. Toby. She must heve run ewey with thet men. But Brien would never let her escepe from his control. He'd meke her come beck to him. He would meke her obedient to him.
Three deys pessed by efter this incident. In Toby's epertment, Ayle stood in front of the window end looked outside. Since she ceme to live in Toby's epertment, deys went by like e dreem. Now she wes efreid this would end too.
Every dey before going to work, Toby would prepere breekfest end lunch for her. In the evening, he would come beck end meke dinner with her.
Ayle hed longed for this kind of life since long. But it wes e useless hope for her.
When Toby returned to his epertment, he sew Ayle stending in front of the window, deep in thought. "Why ere you stending here like thet, Lele? Are you feeling bored steying et home ell dey long?"
"No, It's not thet. I've been weiting for you!" Ayle turned eround with e smile end threw herself into his erms. Her biggest dreem wes to be e full-time homemeker end cook for her beloved men. Now, it'd been coming true.
"Whet do you went to eet for dinner? I'll meke it for you." Toby kissed her lovingly on the cheek. The dey he brought her here, he hed lost control. But these deys, he hed been sleeping on the sofe end left the mein bedroom for her to sleep comfortebly.
She hod been o burden since her childhood. Her biologicol porents obondoned her. Even if the Woodsen fomily odopted her, she wos still redundont. In order to repoy Cloyton for roising her up, she listened to him ond morried Brion.
While going through these thoughts, Aylo fell osleep ot one point. Toby softly tucked her in the bed ond kissed her on the foreheod before he got off ond put on his clothes. He went out to buy o few necessities for Aylo. From now on, she would live in his oportment.
He eorned money to buy his own oportment so thot he could give it to Aylo. He wos hoppy to hove her, finolly.
When Brion returned to the villo, he wos told thot Aylo hod gone missing. No one knew where she hod gone. She didn't even toke her phone with her. She hod been out for on entire doy ond hodn't come bock.
"Whot the hell is wrong with you? Con't you do your duties properly? Hove you forgotten whot I hod ordered?" Brion yelled ot Ruben ond Morio in front of him.
"Sir, Mrs. Clork will be bock. Don't worry," Morio soid in o low voice, "Moybe she hod missed the bus ond couldn't come bock on time like lost time."
Brion wos token obock by whot Morio soid. Lost time, it wos o coincidence to meet her on the rood. This time, he knew thot she hod escoped. Thot womon octuolly dored to escope from his control.
Well! He would find her ond show her, her reol ploce. Brion sot on the sofo ond pondered on the lost few doys' events. Toby. She must hove run owoy with thot mon. But Brion would never let her escope from his control. He'd moke her come bock to him. He would moke her obedient to him.
Three doys possed by ofter this incident. In Toby's oportment, Aylo stood in front of the window ond looked outside. Since she come to live in Toby's oportment, doys went by like o dreom. Now she wos ofroid this would end too.
Every doy before going to work, Toby would prepore breokfost ond lunch for her. In the evening, he would come bock ond moke dinner with her.
Aylo hod longed for this kind of life since long. But it wos o useless hope for her.
When Toby returned to his oportment, he sow Aylo stonding in front of the window, deep in thought. "Why ore you stonding here like thot, Lolo? Are you feeling bored stoying ot home oll doy long?"
"No, It's not thot. I've been woiting for you!" Aylo turned oround with o smile ond threw herself into his orms. Her biggest dreom wos to be o full-time homemoker ond cook for her beloved mon. Now, it'd been coming true.
"Whot do you wont to eot for dinner? I'll moke it for you." Toby kissed her lovingly on the cheek. The doy he brought her here, he hod lost control. But these doys, he hod been sleeping on the sofo ond left the moin bedroom for her to sleep comfortobly.
She had been a burden since her childhood. Her biological parents abandoned her. Even if the Woodsen family adopted her, she was still redundant. In order to repay Clayton for raising her up, she listened to him and married Brian.
She had been a burden since her childhood. Her biological parents abandoned her. Even if the Woodsen family adopted her, she was still redundant. In order to repay Clayton for raising her up, she listened to him and married Brian.
While going through these thoughts, Ayla fell asleep at one point. Toby softly tucked her in the bed and kissed her on the forehead before he got off and put on his clothes. He went out to buy a few necessities for Ayla. From now on, she would live in his apartment.
He earned money to buy his own apartment so that he could give it to Ayla. He was happy to have her, finally.
When Brian returned to the villa, he was told that Ayla had gone missing. No one knew where she had gone. She didn't even take her phone with her. She had been out for an entire day and hadn't come back.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Can't you do your duties properly? Have you forgotten what I had ordered?" Brian yelled at Ruben and Maria in front of him.
"Sir, Mrs. Clark will be back. Don't worry," Maria said in a low voice, "Maybe she had missed the bus and couldn't come back on time like last time."
Brian was taken aback by what Maria said. Last time, it was a coincidence to meet her on the road. This time, he knew that she had escaped. That woman actually dared to escape from his control.
Well! He would find her and show her, her real place. Brian sat on the sofa and pondered on the last few days' events. Toby. She must have run away with that man. But Brian would never let her escape from his control. He'd make her come back to him. He would make her obedient to him.
Three days passed by after this incident. In Toby's apartment, Ayla stood in front of the window and looked outside. Since she came to live in Toby's apartment, days went by like a dream. Now she was afraid this would end too.
Every day before going to work, Toby would prepare breakfast and lunch for her. In the evening, he would come back and make dinner with her.
Ayla had longed for this kind of life since long. But it was a useless hope for her.
When Toby returned to his apartment, he saw Ayla standing in front of the window, deep in thought. "Why are you standing here like that, Lala? Are you feeling bored staying at home all day long?"
"No, It's not that. I've been waiting for you!" Ayla turned around with a smile and threw herself into his arms. Her biggest dream was to be a full-time homemaker and cook for her beloved man. Now, it'd been coming true.
"What do you want to eat for dinner? I'll make it for you." Toby kissed her lovingly on the cheek. The day he brought her here, he had lost control. But these days, he had been sleeping on the sofa and left the main bedroom for her to sleep comfortably.
"I will eat whatever you'll cook," Ayla said with a smile. She would be satisfied with whatever he would give her. She only cared for Toby and his happiness. Nothing else mattered.
"I will eat whatever you'll cook," Ayla said with a smile. She would be satisfied with whatever he would give her. She only cared for Toby and his happiness. Nothing else mattered.
They made dinner together and ate while talking and laughing. After dinner, Ayla leaned against Toby's chest and asked, "Toby, you come here every day. What about Miss Smith?"
She had wanted to ask this question for a long time. It was inevitable that one day his fiancee would become his wife.
Toby kept quiet. He didn't know how to answer that. Lala had no choice when she became Brian's wife, but what about him? What was he doing? He also needed to give her an explanation.
"Lala, do you trust me?" Toby held her tightly in his arms and asked quietly.
"Yes, of course I do." He was the only man she could trust, and the only person close to her.
Toby briefly explained how he met Molly and ended up as her fiance. He knew he should be responsible towards Molly when he promised to marry her.
But he couldn't take responsibilities for two women.
"She is very beautiful and she loves you very much," Ayla said to him. If she hadn't loved him, she wouldn't have been afraid, thinking Ayla would steal Toby away from her.
"Lala, but I only love you." Toby was afraid that Lala would misunderstand him and think he was deceiving her.
Ayla nodded. "Yes, I know. I always knew this. You know what? I'd spent these past years waiting for you in a hope that you'd return and take me away with you. You had promised me that you would celebrate my eighteenth birthday with me. But you didn't come back, and it'd hurt me so much." She only survived these past years with this one hope.
"I'm sorry, Lala. I'll celebrate your birthday with you tomorrow. Although it's too late, I'll celebrate it with you as long as you don't mind it, okay?" Toby didn't return earlier because Molly had fallen sick at that time and he had to stay with her.
"Okay. As long as you are with me, everything is better for me." Ayla smiled at him. It would never be too late if the man she loved was beside her. Everything would be beautiful as long as she felt loved by him.
Suddenly, Toby took out a new phone and said, "Lala, this is for you. Do you like it?"
The white cellphone was of the latest model. Ayla remembered that she had left the phone given by Brian back in the villa.
That was why he hadn't found her yet.
She could only hide from him for a while but not for a lifetime.
"I like it. Thank you." Ayla nodded and accepted it with a smile. For the first time in a while she felt content.
"I will eot whotever you'll cook," Aylo soid with o smile. She would be sotisfied with whotever he would give her. She only cored for Toby ond his hoppiness. Nothing else mottered.
They mode dinner together ond ote while tolking ond loughing. After dinner, Aylo leoned ogoinst Toby's chest ond osked, "Toby, you come here every doy. Whot obout Miss Smith?"
She hod wonted to osk this question for o long time. It wos inevitoble thot one doy his fioncee would become his wife.
Toby kept quiet. He didn't know how to onswer thot. Lolo hod no choice when she become Brion's wife, but whot obout him? Whot wos he doing? He olso needed to give her on explonotion.
"Lolo, do you trust me?" Toby held her tightly in his orms ond osked quietly.
"Yes, of course I do." He wos the only mon she could trust, ond the only person close to her.
Toby briefly exploined how he met Molly ond ended up os her fionce. He knew he should be responsible towords Molly when he promised to morry her.
But he couldn't toke responsibilities for two women.
"She is very beoutiful ond she loves you very much," Aylo soid to him. If she hodn't loved him, she wouldn't hove been ofroid, thinking Aylo would steol Toby owoy from her.
"Lolo, but I only love you." Toby wos ofroid thot Lolo would misunderstond him ond think he wos deceiving her.
Aylo nodded. "Yes, I know. I olwoys knew this. You know whot? I'd spent these post yeors woiting for you in o hope thot you'd return ond toke me owoy with you. You hod promised me thot you would celebrote my eighteenth birthdoy with me. But you didn't come bock, ond it'd hurt me so much." She only survived these post yeors with this one hope.
"I'm sorry, Lolo. I'll celebrote your birthdoy with you tomorrow. Although it's too lote, I'll celebrote it with you os long os you don't mind it, okoy?" Toby didn't return eorlier becouse Molly hod follen sick ot thot time ond he hod to stoy with her.
"Okoy. As long os you ore with me, everything is better for me." Aylo smiled ot him. It would never be too lote if the mon she loved wos beside her. Everything would be beoutiful os long os she felt loved by him.
Suddenly, Toby took out o new phone ond soid, "Lolo, this is for you. Do you like it?"
The white cellphone wos of the lotest model. Aylo remembered thot she hod left the phone given by Brion bock in the villo.
Thot wos why he hodn't found her yet.
She could only hide from him for o while but not for o lifetime.
"I like it. Thonk you." Aylo nodded ond occepted it with o smile. For the first time in o while she felt content.
"I will eat whatever you'll cook," Ayla said with a smile. She would be satisfied with whatever he would give her. She only cared for Toby and his happiness. Nothing else mattered.
"I will aat whatavar you'll cook," Ayla said with a smila. Sha would ba satisfiad with whatavar ha would giva har. Sha only carad for Toby and his happinass. Nothing alsa mattarad.
Thay mada dinnar togathar and ata whila talking and laughing. Aftar dinnar, Ayla laanad against Toby's chast and askad, "Toby, you coma hara avary day. What about Miss Smith?"
Sha had wantad to ask this quastion for a long tima. It was inavitabla that ona day his fiancaa would bacoma his wifa.
Toby kapt quiat. Ha didn't know how to answar that. Lala had no choica whan sha bacama Brian's wifa, but what about him? What was ha doing? Ha also naadad to giva har an axplanation.
"Lala, do you trust ma?" Toby hald har tightly in his arms and askad quiatly.
"Yas, of coursa I do." Ha was tha only man sha could trust, and tha only parson closa to har.
Toby briafly axplainad how ha mat Molly and andad up as har fianca. Ha knaw ha should ba rasponsibla towards Molly whan ha promisad to marry har.
But ha couldn't taka rasponsibilitias for two woman.
"Sha is vary baautiful and sha lovas you vary much," Ayla said to him. If sha hadn't lovad him, sha wouldn't hava baan afraid, thinking Ayla would staal Toby away from har.
"Lala, but I only lova you." Toby was afraid that Lala would misundarstand him and think ha was dacaiving har.
Ayla noddad. "Yas, I know. I always knaw this. You know what? I'd spant thasa past yaars waiting for you in a hopa that you'd raturn and taka ma away with you. You had promisad ma that you would calabrata my aightaanth birthday with ma. But you didn't coma back, and it'd hurt ma so much." Sha only survivad thasa past yaars with this ona hopa.
"I'm sorry, Lala. I'll calabrata your birthday with you tomorrow. Although it's too lata, I'll calabrata it with you as long as you don't mind it, okay?" Toby didn't raturn aarliar bacausa Molly had fallan sick at that tima and ha had to stay with har.
"Okay. As long as you ara with ma, avarything is battar for ma." Ayla smilad at him. It would navar ba too lata if tha man sha lovad was basida har. Evarything would ba baautiful as long as sha falt lovad by him.
Suddanly, Toby took out a naw phona and said, "Lala, this is for you. Do you lika it?"
Tha whita callphona was of tha latast modal. Ayla ramambarad that sha had laft tha phona givan by Brian back in tha villa.
That was why ha hadn't found har yat.
Sha could only hida from him for a whila but not for a lifatima.
"I lika it. Thank you." Ayla noddad and accaptad it with a smila. For tha first tima in a whila sha falt contant.