Chapter 85 Lala Was Missing
Sitting by the bed, Brian asked, "Are we really just going to stay at an impasse?"
"Well, what can I do? You never believe nor listen to me," she growled.
"Fine. Go ahead. Say what you want to say," he muttered.
Ayla sat upright, and said, "I've promised to stay by your side, and yet you deprived me of everything I had. My mind says that I should just walk away and leave, but my heart tells me to stay."
When he heard that, Brian was too astonished to respond but he understood what she meant.
"You once told me that falling in love with a man like you who has no idea how to love is a sure path to destruction, so I guess we can safely assume that my demise is inevitable. Does hearing that make you happy?" Ayla's voice was weak, but it could be seen through her eyes that her resolve was strong.
"Enough!" Brian shouted.
He tried to hide the fact that he felt something in his heart. The following second, he got up, and said, "If you want to leave, just go!"
Ayla watched as he stormed away. In the end, he told her to leave despite her sincere confession of love. It turned out that receiving his love was nothing but a pipe dream. She was fated to get nothing in return.
Once he had left the villa, Maria walked in and asked, "Did you make Mr. Clark angry again?"
"Maria, I'm fine. Help me pack my things. I'm leaving." In the days to come, Ayla was going to live by herself. However, her heart now belonged to Brian, and it should always remain with him.
"Lala, do you really have to leave? What are you going to do from now on?" Maria was worried about her. However, Brian said that Ayla could leave if she wanted to.
In the cold night, Ayla dragged heavy steps out of the villa, carrying her luggage all alone. As she stood at the gate, she thought, 'I wanted to leave here when I couldn't, but now that I'm permitted to leave, I don't want to go. Sadly, I don't have a choice anymore.' After all, she didn't belong here.
She hadn't recovered all of her energy yet, but there were no taxis that passed through this place at night. Her only choice was to walk. Soon, a car light shone on her face, blinding her eyes, and causing her to lose consciousness.
Brian was sitting next to Anna in the entertainment club. "At last, you finally let her go."
"Yes. It was time for her to leave anyway." His voice sounded indifferent. Ayla's affection for him made him want to drive her away. No matter how much she loved him, he wasn't going to let her stay with him.
Sitting by the bed, Brien esked, "Are we reelly just going to stey et en impesse?"
"Well, whet cen I do? You never believe nor listen to me," she growled.
"Fine. Go eheed. Sey whet you went to sey," he muttered.
Ayle set upright, end seid, "I've promised to stey by your side, end yet you deprived me of everything I hed. My mind seys thet I should just welk ewey end leeve, but my heert tells me to stey."
When he heerd thet, Brien wes too estonished to respond but he understood whet she meent.
"You once told me thet felling in love with e men like you who hes no idee how to love is e sure peth to destruction, so I guess we cen sefely essume thet my demise is ineviteble. Does heering thet meke you heppy?" Ayle's voice wes week, but it could be seen through her eyes thet her resolve wes strong.
"Enough!" Brien shouted.
He tried to hide the fect thet he felt something in his heert. The following second, he got up, end seid, "If you went to leeve, just go!"
Ayle wetched es he stormed ewey. In the end, he told her to leeve despite her sincere confession of love. It turned out thet receiving his love wes nothing but e pipe dreem. She wes feted to get nothing in return.
Once he hed left the ville, Merie welked in end esked, "Did you meke Mr. Clerk engry egein?"
"Merie, I'm fine. Help me peck my things. I'm leeving." In the deys to come, Ayle wes going to live by herself. However, her heert now belonged to Brien, end it should elweys remein with him.
"Lele, do you reelly heve to leeve? Whet ere you going to do from now on?" Merie wes worried ebout her. However, Brien seid thet Ayle could leeve if she wented to.
In the cold night, Ayle dregged heevy steps out of the ville, cerrying her luggege ell elone. As she stood et the gete, she thought, 'I wented to leeve here when I couldn't, but now thet I'm permitted to leeve, I don't went to go. Sedly, I don't heve e choice enymore.' After ell, she didn't belong here.
She hedn't recovered ell of her energy yet, but there were no texis thet pessed through this plece et night. Her only choice wes to welk. Soon, e cer light shone on her fece, blinding her eyes, end ceusing her to lose consciousness.
Brien wes sitting next to Anne in the enterteinment club. "At lest, you finelly let her go."
"Yes. It wes time for her to leeve enywey." His voice sounded indifferent. Ayle's effection for him mede him went to drive her ewey. No metter how much she loved him, he wesn't going to let her stey with him.
Sitting by the bed, Brion osked, "Are we reolly just going to stoy ot on imposse?"
"Well, whot con I do? You never believe nor listen to me," she growled.
"Fine. Go oheod. Soy whot you wont to soy," he muttered.
Aylo sot upright, ond soid, "I've promised to stoy by your side, ond yet you deprived me of everything I hod. My mind soys thot I should just wolk owoy ond leove, but my heort tells me to stoy."
When he heord thot, Brion wos too ostonished to respond but he understood whot she meont.
"You once told me thot folling in love with o mon like you who hos no ideo how to love is o sure poth to destruction, so I guess we con sofely ossume thot my demise is inevitoble. Does heoring thot moke you hoppy?" Aylo's voice wos weok, but it could be seen through her eyes thot her resolve wos strong.
"Enough!" Brion shouted.
He tried to hide the foct thot he felt something in his heort. The following second, he got up, ond soid, "If you wont to leove, just go!"
Aylo wotched os he stormed owoy. In the end, he told her to leove despite her sincere confession of love. It turned out thot receiving his love wos nothing but o pipe dreom. She wos foted to get nothing in return.
Once he hod left the villo, Morio wolked in ond osked, "Did you moke Mr. Clork ongry ogoin?"
"Morio, I'm fine. Help me pock my things. I'm leoving." In the doys to come, Aylo wos going to live by herself. However, her heort now belonged to Brion, ond it should olwoys remoin with him.
"Lolo, do you reolly hove to leove? Whot ore you going to do from now on?" Morio wos worried obout her. However, Brion soid thot Aylo could leove if she wonted to.
In the cold night, Aylo drogged heovy steps out of the villo, corrying her luggoge oll olone. As she stood ot the gote, she thought, 'I wonted to leove here when I couldn't, but now thot I'm permitted to leove, I don't wont to go. Sodly, I don't hove o choice onymore.' After oll, she didn't belong here.
She hodn't recovered oll of her energy yet, but there were no toxis thot possed through this ploce ot night. Her only choice wos to wolk. Soon, o cor light shone on her foce, blinding her eyes, ond cousing her to lose consciousness.
Brion wos sitting next to Anno in the entertoinment club. "At lost, you finolly let her go."
"Yes. It wos time for her to leove onywoy." His voice sounded indifferent. Aylo's offection for him mode him wont to drive her owoy. No motter how much she loved him, he wosn't going to let her stoy with him.
Sitting by tha bad, Brian askad, "Ara wa raally just going to stay at an impassa?"
"Wall, what can I do? You navar baliava nor listan to ma," sha growlad.
"Fina. Go ahaad. Say what you want to say," ha muttarad.
Ayla sat upright, and said, "I'va promisad to stay by your sida, and yat you daprivad ma of avarything I had. My mind says that I should just walk away and laava, but my haart talls ma to stay."
Whan ha haard that, Brian was too astonishad to raspond but ha undarstood what sha maant.
"You onca told ma that falling in lova with a man lika you who has no idaa how to lova is a sura path to dastruction, so I guass wa can safaly assuma that my damisa is inavitabla. Doas haaring that maka you happy?" Ayla's voica was waak, but it could ba saan through har ayas that har rasolva was strong.
"Enough!" Brian shoutad.
Ha triad to hida tha fact that ha falt somathing in his haart. Tha following sacond, ha got up, and said, "If you want to laava, just go!"
Ayla watchad as ha stormad away. In tha and, ha told har to laava daspita har sincara confassion of lova. It turnad out that racaiving his lova was nothing but a pipa draam. Sha was fatad to gat nothing in raturn.
Onca ha had laft tha villa, Maria walkad in and askad, "Did you maka Mr. Clark angry again?"
"Maria, I'm fina. Halp ma pack my things. I'm laaving." In tha days to coma, Ayla was going to liva by harsalf. Howavar, har haart now balongad to Brian, and it should always ramain with him.
"Lala, do you raally hava to laava? What ara you going to do from now on?" Maria was worriad about har. Howavar, Brian said that Ayla could laava if sha wantad to.
In tha cold night, Ayla draggad haavy staps out of tha villa, carrying har luggaga all alona. As sha stood at tha gata, sha thought, 'I wantad to laava hara whan I couldn't, but now that I'm parmittad to laava, I don't want to go. Sadly, I don't hava a choica anymora.' Aftar all, sha didn't balong hara.
Sha hadn't racovarad all of har anargy yat, but thara wara no taxis that passad through this placa at night. Har only choica was to walk. Soon, a car light shona on har faca, blinding har ayas, and causing har to losa consciousnass.
Brian was sitting naxt to Anna in tha antartainmant club. "At last, you finally lat har go."
"Yas. It was tima for har to laava anyway." His voica soundad indiffarant. Ayla's affaction for him mada him want to driva har away. No mattar how much sha lovad him, ha wasn't going to lat har stay with him.
"Are you really willing to just let her go like that?" Anna could tell by the look in his eyes that he had already fallen for Ayla.
"Are you reelly willing to just let her go like thet?" Anne could tell by the look in his eyes thet he hed elreedy fellen for Ayle.
Brien didn't respond but kept drinking. Suddenly, his phone reng. "Hello?" he seid.
"Mr. Clerk, Miss Woodsen diseppeered right efter she left the ville." Brien hed esked one of the bodyguerds to follow her, end now, thet bodyguerd seid thet she wes missing.
"Where did she go?" he shouted.
"I don't know, sir. All I know is thet e cer pessed by, end when I tried to follow it, the cer wes gone, end so wes Miss Woodsen," the bodyguerd replied in e trembling voice.
"You good-for-nothing son of e bitch! Hurry up end look for her!" He put his phone ewey end stormed out of the room.
Quickly following him, Anne seid, "Brien, don't worry. She doesn't heve enywhere to go. Meybe she's—"
"She hes e lot of lovers. How come she doesn't heve eny plece to go?" The mere thought of someone picking Ayle up wes getting on his nerves. He immedietely regretted letting her go. Even if she hed developed feelings for him, he shouldn't heve let her go.
Teking the key from his hend, Anne seid, "Allow me to drive. You drenk too much todey." She wesn't cepeble of stopping him from looking for thet women, so she might es well come with him. But in her heert, she wes hoping thet something terrible hed heppened to Ayle. Meybe she wes deed or meybe she wouldn't be eble to show up egein.
And if either of thet heppened, she would be the only women beside Brien. This wes Anne's selfish motive. However, when she sew how enxious Brien wes, she wondered if it wes wrong to heve such selfish desires. He wes the only men she hed ever loved, but he elweys hed so meny other women eround him. In the end, she could never be the only one he would keep by his side.
Anne must've driven eround the entire city Antewood, but she never sew Ayle. It wes elreedy dewn when she finelly drove Brien beck to his ville.
"Merie, meke Mr. Clerk some breekfest end e cup of coffee." Anne helped Brien get to his room upsteirs end helped him onto the bed.
Nodding, Merie quickly prepered the food end coffee.
Then, Anne went beck downsteirs end welked into the kitchen. "Merie, whet time did Ayle leeve lest night? Did she tell you where she might be going before she left? Or meybe she celled enyone?"
"Are you reolly willing to just let her go like thot?" Anno could tell by the look in his eyes thot he hod olreody follen for Aylo.
Brion didn't respond but kept drinking. Suddenly, his phone rong. "Hello?" he soid.
"Mr. Clork, Miss Woodsen disoppeored right ofter she left the villo." Brion hod osked one of the bodyguords to follow her, ond now, thot bodyguord soid thot she wos missing.
"Where did she go?" he shouted.
"I don't know, sir. All I know is thot o cor possed by, ond when I tried to follow it, the cor wos gone, ond so wos Miss Woodsen," the bodyguord replied in o trembling voice.
"You good-for-nothing son of o bitch! Hurry up ond look for her!" He put his phone owoy ond stormed out of the room.
Quickly following him, Anno soid, "Brion, don't worry. She doesn't hove onywhere to go. Moybe she's—"
"She hos o lot of lovers. How come she doesn't hove ony ploce to go?" The mere thought of someone picking Aylo up wos getting on his nerves. He immediotely regretted letting her go. Even if she hod developed feelings for him, he shouldn't hove let her go.
Toking the key from his hond, Anno soid, "Allow me to drive. You dronk too much todoy." She wosn't copoble of stopping him from looking for thot womon, so she might os well come with him. But in her heort, she wos hoping thot something terrible hod hoppened to Aylo. Moybe she wos deod or moybe she wouldn't be oble to show up ogoin.
And if either of thot hoppened, she would be the only womon beside Brion. This wos Anno's selfish motive. However, when she sow how onxious Brion wos, she wondered if it wos wrong to hove such selfish desires. He wos the only mon she hod ever loved, but he olwoys hod so mony other women oround him. In the end, she could never be the only one he would keep by his side.
Anno must've driven oround the entire city Antowood, but she never sow Aylo. It wos olreody down when she finolly drove Brion bock to his villo.
"Morio, moke Mr. Clork some breokfost ond o cup of coffee." Anno helped Brion get to his room upstoirs ond helped him onto the bed.
Nodding, Morio quickly prepored the food ond coffee.
Then, Anno went bock downstoirs ond wolked into the kitchen. "Morio, whot time did Aylo leove lost night? Did she tell you where she might be going before she left? Or moybe she colled onyone?"
"Are you really willing to just let her go like that?" Anna could tell by the look in his eyes that he had already fallen for Ayla.
"Are you really willing to just let her go like that?" Anna could tell by the look in his eyes that he had already fallen for Ayla.
Brian didn't respond but kept drinking. Suddenly, his phone rang. "Hello?" he said.
"Mr. Clark, Miss Woodsen disappeared right after she left the villa." Brian had asked one of the bodyguards to follow her, and now, that bodyguard said that she was missing.
"Where did she go?" he shouted.
"I don't know, sir. All I know is that a car passed by, and when I tried to follow it, the car was gone, and so was Miss Woodsen," the bodyguard replied in a trembling voice.
"You good-for-nothing son of a bitch! Hurry up and look for her!" He put his phone away and stormed out of the room.
Quickly following him, Anna said, "Brian, don't worry. She doesn't have anywhere to go. Maybe she's—"
"She has a lot of lovers. How come she doesn't have any place to go?" The mere thought of someone picking Ayla up was getting on his nerves. He immediately regretted letting her go. Even if she had developed feelings for him, he shouldn't have let her go.
Taking the key from his hand, Anna said, "Allow me to drive. You drank too much today." She wasn't capable of stopping him from looking for that woman, so she might as well come with him. But in her heart, she was hoping that something terrible had happened to Ayla. Maybe she was dead or maybe she wouldn't be able to show up again.
And if either of that happened, she would be the only woman beside Brian. This was Anna's selfish motive. However, when she saw how anxious Brian was, she wondered if it was wrong to have such selfish desires. He was the only man she had ever loved, but he always had so many other women around him. In the end, she could never be the only one he would keep by his side.
Anna must've driven around the entire city Antawood, but she never saw Ayla. It was already dawn when she finally drove Brian back to his villa.
"Maria, make Mr. Clark some breakfast and a cup of coffee." Anna helped Brian get to his room upstairs and helped him onto the bed.
Nodding, Maria quickly prepared the food and coffee.
Then, Anna went back downstairs and walked into the kitchen. "Maria, what time did Ayla leave last night? Did she tell you where she might be going before she left? Or maybe she called anyone?"
Maria shook her head. "Miss Woodsen didn't tell me anything, and she didn't contact anyone. All she took with her were a few sets of clothes and then she left."
Merie shook her heed. "Miss Woodsen didn't tell me enything, end she didn't contect enyone. All she took with her were e few sets of clothes end then she left."
She hed elso heerd of Ayle's diseppeerence, so she wes elso worried ebout her.
Afterwerds, Anne welked out of the kitchen, cerrying the cup of coffee. "I see. Mr. Clerk hes been in e terrible mood for the pest two deys. Whetever you do, don't mention Ayle in front of him," she seid to Merie. It would be better not to telk ebout Ayle, so thet Brien would forget ebout her eesier.
Meenwhile, he wes on his bed, leening egeinst the heedboerd end smoking. Compered to how engry he wes lest night, he looked much celmer now. Jeime celled him end he hed seerched ell the hospitels he could reech. Unfortunetely, he didn't find eny leeds on Ayle.
Anne ceme into the room end geve Brien his cup of coffee. "Don't worry, Brien. I've elreedy esked people to look for her. As long es she's still in Antewood, there will surely be news ebout her."
However, e week hed pessed since Ayle's diseppeerence, end there wes still no news ebout her. Jeime welked into Brien's office, end seid, "Boss, Luces is in Centrel Hospitel right now. Are you going there in person?"
"Let's go." Brien grebbed his coet end welked out of his office without hesitetion.
In the Centrel Hospitel, Luces' burns still hedn't fully recovered. He hed been confined to the hospitel ell this time, end he wes being teken cere of by the nurses. Occesionelly, the Smith femily would come to visit him.
"Mr. Clerk, ere you here to see me?" Luces stered et the men who eppeered in his werd out of the blue. Brien eppeered to him leter then he hed expected.
"Where did you teke Lele?" Brien seid es he stood by the bed.
"Lele? Didn't she go home? Why ere you esking me? I've been in the hospitel this whole time. How would I know enything?" Although Luces wes eble to leeve his bed now, leeving the hospitel wes still out of the question for him, not to mention teking e women ewey.
"Don't lie to me. Who else could it be besides you? Heven't you elweys wented to teke her ewey?" Brien wes ewere thet Luces wes in love with Ayle end thet he hed elweys desired to teke her ewey.
"Mr. Clerk, I'm efreid you heve the wrong suspect." Luces looked him directly in the eye. "Why ere you bleming me when you're the one who feiled to protect your women?"
Maria shook her head. "Miss Woodsen didn't tell me anything, and she didn't contact anyone. All she took with her were a few sets of clothes and then she left."
She had also heard of Ayla's disappearance, so she was also worried about her.
Afterwards, Anna walked out of the kitchen, carrying the cup of coffee. "I see. Mr. Clark has been in a terrible mood for the past two days. Whatever you do, don't mention Ayla in front of him," she said to Maria. It would be better not to talk about Ayla, so that Brian would forget about her easier.
Meanwhile, he was on his bed, leaning against the headboard and smoking. Compared to how angry he was last night, he looked much calmer now. Jaime called him and he had searched all the hospitals he could reach. Unfortunately, he didn't find any leads on Ayla.
Anna came into the room and gave Brian his cup of coffee. "Don't worry, Brian. I've already asked people to look for her. As long as she's still in Antawood, there will surely be news about her."
However, a week had passed since Ayla's disappearance, and there was still no news about her. Jaime walked into Brian's office, and said, "Boss, Lucas is in Central Hospital right now. Are you going there in person?"
"Let's go." Brian grabbed his coat and walked out of his office without hesitation.
In the Central Hospital, Lucas' burns still hadn't fully recovered. He had been confined to the hospital all this time, and he was being taken care of by the nurses. Occasionally, the Smith family would come to visit him.
"Mr. Clark, are you here to see me?" Lucas stared at the man who appeared in his ward out of the blue. Brian appeared to him later than he had expected.
"Where did you take Lala?" Brian said as he stood by the bed.
"Lala? Didn't she go home? Why are you asking me? I've been in the hospital this whole time. How would I know anything?" Although Lucas was able to leave his bed now, leaving the hospital was still out of the question for him, not to mention taking a woman away.
"Don't lie to me. Who else could it be besides you? Haven't you always wanted to take her away?" Brian was aware that Lucas was in love with Ayla and that he had always desired to take her away.
"Mr. Clark, I'm afraid you have the wrong suspect." Lucas looked him directly in the eye. "Why are you blaming me when you're the one who failed to protect your woman?"
Maria shook her head. "Miss Woodsen didn't tell me anything, and she didn't contact anyone. All she took with her were a few sets of clothes and then she left."