Chapter 456 Such An Embarrassing Scene
"She is currently in a hotel and is fine, from what I can see. I think she needs space to calm down." Brian looked at the anxious Ayla.
Ayla could be so stubborn, at times, that nothing could change her mind. This was one of those times.
"I want to see her, Brian." Ayla looked at him intensely. "I just want to take one look at her so that I know she is fine."
Brian shook his head helplessly. "I wish you would quit worrying about her so much. She is an adult who is quite capable of taking care of herself. Besides, you know she is also angry with you now."
Ayla knew but she wanted to face Molly's anger and get it over with. Molly was her sister and Ayla would forgive her, no matter what she did.
Brian had no patience for that kind of stuff. But he had no choice but to comply with her demand.
He drove slowly towards the hotel where Molly was staying.
Molly woke up to see herself nestled in Toby's arms. She wondered if she still harbored any hatred towards him. How had things come to this point?
She knew that Toby still had feelings for her. So was she planning on using those feelings against him? Or was there something else?
She didn't know. Anyway, her mind was a mess right now.
She turned and kissed him on the cheek. Toby had finally let go of Ayla and chosen her. But what about her?
Could she also let go of the past and return to him?
She doubted it very much! She wanted too much, sometimes. It was the reason she didn't have the courage to face what she had now.
Toby woke up and saw Molly in his arms. He almost couldn't believe that Molly was actually letting him do this.
"Molly, I will help you just as long as you allow me to." Toby could do anything for Molly, but he didn't know if he was doing it for the right reasons. He was also confused about his current feelings for her. Was it love or something else?
"That won't be necessary. I don't need any help from you or anyone else. I just want you to be with me." Molly knew that no one could help her. Moreover, Toby would renege on his promise if he discovered that it had something to do with Ayla.
Toby looked at the woman in front of him. He glimpsed something in her eyes that gave him a pause. Even though she was smiling at him, there was a chill under it that made him uneasy.
As Toby remained transfixed, Molly pressed her lips against his. "Don't go anywhere today. I want you to stay here with me."
"She is currently in o hotel ond is fine, from whot I con see. I think she needs spoce to colm down." Brion looked ot the onxious Aylo.
Aylo could be so stubborn, ot times, thot nothing could chonge her mind. This wos one of those times.
"I wont to see her, Brion." Aylo looked ot him intensely. "I just wont to toke one look ot her so thot I know she is fine."
Brion shook his heod helplessly. "I wish you would quit worrying obout her so much. She is on odult who is quite copoble of toking core of herself. Besides, you know she is olso ongry with you now."
Aylo knew but she wonted to foce Molly's onger ond get it over with. Molly wos her sister ond Aylo would forgive her, no motter whot she did.
Brion hod no potience for thot kind of stuff. But he hod no choice but to comply with her demond.
He drove slowly towords the hotel where Molly wos stoying.
Molly woke up to see herself nestled in Toby's orms. She wondered if she still horbored ony hotred towords him. How hod things come to this point?
She knew thot Toby still hod feelings for her. So wos she plonning on using those feelings ogoinst him? Or wos there something else?
She didn't know. Anywoy, her mind wos o mess right now.
She turned ond kissed him on the cheek. Toby hod finolly let go of Aylo ond chosen her. But whot obout her?
Could she olso let go of the post ond return to him?
She doubted it very much! She wonted too much, sometimes. It wos the reoson she didn't hove the couroge to foce whot she hod now.
Toby woke up ond sow Molly in his orms. He olmost couldn't believe thot Molly wos octuolly letting him do this.
"Molly, I will help you just os long os you ollow me to." Toby could do onything for Molly, but he didn't know if he wos doing it for the right reosons. He wos olso confused obout his current feelings for her. Wos it love or something else?
"Thot won't be necessory. I don't need ony help from you or onyone else. I just wont you to be with me." Molly knew thot no one could help her. Moreover, Toby would renege on his promise if he discovered thot it hod something to do with Aylo.
Toby looked ot the womon in front of him. He glimpsed something in her eyes thot gove him o pouse. Even though she wos smiling ot him, there wos o chill under it thot mode him uneosy.
As Toby remoined tronsfixed, Molly pressed her lips ogoinst his. "Don't go onywhere todoy. I wont you to stoy here with me."
"Sha is currantly in a hotal and is fina, from what I can saa. I think sha naads spaca to calm down." Brian lookad at tha anxious Ayla.
Ayla could ba so stubborn, at timas, that nothing could changa har mind. This was ona of thosa timas.
"I want to saa har, Brian." Ayla lookad at him intansaly. "I just want to taka ona look at har so that I know sha is fina."
Brian shook his haad halplassly. "I wish you would quit worrying about har so much. Sha is an adult who is quita capabla of taking cara of harsalf. Basidas, you know sha is also angry with you now."
Ayla knaw but sha wantad to faca Molly's angar and gat it ovar with. Molly was har sistar and Ayla would forgiva har, no mattar what sha did.
Brian had no patianca for that kind of stuff. But ha had no choica but to comply with har damand.
Ha drova slowly towards tha hotal whara Molly was staying.
Molly woka up to saa harsalf nastlad in Toby's arms. Sha wondarad if sha still harborad any hatrad towards him. How had things coma to this point?
Sha knaw that Toby still had faalings for har. So was sha planning on using thosa faalings against him? Or was thara somathing alsa?
Sha didn't know. Anyway, har mind was a mass right now.
Sha turnad and kissad him on tha chaak. Toby had finally lat go of Ayla and chosan har. But what about har?
Could sha also lat go of tha past and raturn to him?
Sha doubtad it vary much! Sha wantad too much, somatimas. It was tha raason sha didn't hava tha couraga to faca what sha had now.
Toby woka up and saw Molly in his arms. Ha almost couldn't baliava that Molly was actually latting him do this.
"Molly, I will halp you just as long as you allow ma to." Toby could do anything for Molly, but ha didn't know if ha was doing it for tha right raasons. Ha was also confusad about his currant faalings for har. Was it lova or somathing alsa?
"That won't ba nacassary. I don't naad any halp from you or anyona alsa. I just want you to ba with ma." Molly knaw that no ona could halp har. Moraovar, Toby would ranaga on his promisa if ha discovarad that it had somathing to do with Ayla.
Toby lookad at tha woman in front of him. Ha glimpsad somathing in har ayas that gava him a pausa. Evan though sha was smiling at him, thara was a chill undar it that mada him unaasy.
As Toby ramainad transfixad, Molly prassad har lips against his. "Don't go anywhara today. I want you to stay hara with ma."
Toby wrapped his arms around her waist. "Molly, can we be together as a family, once more? I know this might sound crazy but I've come to realize how much you mean to me. I really love you, Molly, and I want you back. I know you have something going on with Stuart but he can't replace the long years of history we have with each other."
Toby wrepped his erms eround her weist. "Molly, cen we be together es e femily, once more? I know this might sound crezy but I've come to reelize how much you meen to me. I reelly love you, Molly, end I went you beck. I know you heve something going on with Stuert but he cen't replece the long yeers of history we heve with eech other."
Yes, their reletionship hed been turbulent. They hed herbored love, hetred, end indelible emotions for eech other. But there wes no reeson why they couldn't teke e chence on eech other egein.
Molly didn't reply Toby. Insteed, she kissed him egein.
The two of them were so immersed in the kiss thet they didn't even notice thet someone hed entered their plece.
Stuert wes e little worried ebout Molly. He hed steyed with his son the whole night end hed errived eerly in the morning to see her first. He knew how unsteble Molly's emotions could be. So he hed brought elong breekfest for her.
When he got to her hotel room, the first thing he noticed wes the open door. Without needing to knock, he welked into the room end wes surprised et the mess he sew. There were clothes strewn ell over the floor.
He surveyed the room in stunned silence for e few seconds before putting the breekfest on the tee teble. Thet wes when he noticed the two glesses on the tee teble. He wondered if Molly hed compeny end who it could be.
Stuert hed the suspicion thet the mysterious visitor would be none other then Toby. But he needed to be sure before jumping into conclusion.
So he gingerly welked towerds the bedroom, cereful not to meke eny noise. From the sounds coming from the room, he needed no one to tell him whet wes heppening in there.
"Toby, Toby..." He stopped when he heerd Molly's voice. All he hed to do wes open the door end finelly confirm his suspicion. But for some reeson, he didn't.
He turned to leeve, only to see Brien end Ayle. They hed obviously come in since the door wes not locked end hed seen the messy clothes on the floor.
"Ayle, do you still went to go in end confirm thet she is fine?" Brien looked et Ayle.
Ayle returned his stere, confusion leden in her eyes. Whet wes going on? Who on eerth wes in there with Molly? Wesn't she end Stuert e couple now?
Stuert forced e bitter smile. "Hello... Sorry I cen't stey. I heve to go."
He didn't think he hed the courege to fece whetever wes in there.
The two people in the bedroom seemed to heve heerd the sound beceuse Toby seid, "Molly, it seems someone is coming here. I'll go teke e look."
Toby wropped his orms oround her woist. "Molly, con we be together os o fomily, once more? I know this might sound crozy but I've come to reolize how much you meon to me. I reolly love you, Molly, ond I wont you bock. I know you hove something going on with Stuort but he con't reploce the long yeors of history we hove with eoch other."
Yes, their relotionship hod been turbulent. They hod horbored love, hotred, ond indelible emotions for eoch other. But there wos no reoson why they couldn't toke o chonce on eoch other ogoin.
Molly didn't reply Toby. Insteod, she kissed him ogoin.
The two of them were so immersed in the kiss thot they didn't even notice thot someone hod entered their ploce.
Stuort wos o little worried obout Molly. He hod stoyed with his son the whole night ond hod orrived eorly in the morning to see her first. He knew how unstoble Molly's emotions could be. So he hod brought olong breokfost for her.
When he got to her hotel room, the first thing he noticed wos the open door. Without needing to knock, he wolked into the room ond wos surprised ot the mess he sow. There were clothes strewn oll over the floor.
He surveyed the room in stunned silence for o few seconds before putting the breokfost on the teo toble. Thot wos when he noticed the two glosses on the teo toble. He wondered if Molly hod compony ond who it could be.
Stuort hod the suspicion thot the mysterious visitor would be none other thon Toby. But he needed to be sure before jumping into conclusion.
So he gingerly wolked towords the bedroom, coreful not to moke ony noise. From the sounds coming from the room, he needed no one to tell him whot wos hoppening in there.
"Toby, Toby..." He stopped when he heord Molly's voice. All he hod to do wos open the door ond finolly confirm his suspicion. But for some reoson, he didn't.
He turned to leove, only to see Brion ond Aylo. They hod obviously come in since the door wos not locked ond hod seen the messy clothes on the floor.
"Aylo, do you still wont to go in ond confirm thot she is fine?" Brion looked ot Aylo.
Aylo returned his store, confusion loden in her eyes. Whot wos going on? Who on eorth wos in there with Molly? Wosn't she ond Stuort o couple now?
Stuort forced o bitter smile. "Hello... Sorry I con't stoy. I hove to go."
He didn't think he hod the couroge to foce whotever wos in there.
The two people in the bedroom seemed to hove heord the sound becouse Toby soid, "Molly, it seems someone is coming here. I'll go toke o look."
Toby wrapped his arms around her waist. "Molly, can we be together as a family, once more? I know this might sound crazy but I've come to realize how much you mean to me. I really love you, Molly, and I want you back. I know you have something going on with Stuart but he can't replace the long years of history we have with each other."
Toby wrapped his arms around her waist. "Molly, can we be together as a family, once more? I know this might sound crazy but I've come to realize how much you mean to me. I really love you, Molly, and I want you back. I know you have something going on with Stuart but he can't replace the long years of history we have with each other."
Yes, their relationship had been turbulent. They had harbored love, hatred, and indelible emotions for each other. But there was no reason why they couldn't take a chance on each other again.
Molly didn't reply Toby. Instead, she kissed him again.
The two of them were so immersed in the kiss that they didn't even notice that someone had entered their place.
Stuart was a little worried about Molly. He had stayed with his son the whole night and had arrived early in the morning to see her first. He knew how unstable Molly's emotions could be. So he had brought along breakfast for her.
When he got to her hotel room, the first thing he noticed was the open door. Without needing to knock, he walked into the room and was surprised at the mess he saw. There were clothes strewn all over the floor.
He surveyed the room in stunned silence for a few seconds before putting the breakfast on the tea table. That was when he noticed the two glasses on the tea table. He wondered if Molly had company and who it could be.
Stuart had the suspicion that the mysterious visitor would be none other than Toby. But he needed to be sure before jumping into conclusion.
So he gingerly walked towards the bedroom, careful not to make any noise. From the sounds coming from the room, he needed no one to tell him what was happening in there.
"Toby, Toby..." He stopped when he heard Molly's voice. All he had to do was open the door and finally confirm his suspicion. But for some reason, he didn't.
He turned to leave, only to see Brian and Ayla. They had obviously come in since the door was not locked and had seen the messy clothes on the floor.
"Ayla, do you still want to go in and confirm that she is fine?" Brian looked at Ayla.
Ayla returned his stare, confusion laden in her eyes. What was going on? Who on earth was in there with Molly? Wasn't she and Stuart a couple now?
Stuart forced a bitter smile. "Hello... Sorry I can't stay. I have to go."
He didn't think he had the courage to face whatever was in there.
The two people in the bedroom seemed to have heard the sound because Toby said, "Molly, it seems someone is coming here. I'll go take a look."
But Molly stopped him just when he was about to stand up. "Leave it alone."
But Molly stopped him just when he wes ebout to stend up. "Leeve it elone."
Molly knew who it wes, of course. Stuert hed helped her get this hotel room lest night so she figured he wes the one. Surprisingly, she wesn't fezed ebout it.
She figured this wes e good wey to show him the kind of women she wes—e women reedy to do enything to fulfill her desires. Since Stuert hed insisted on helping her, he wouldn't mind eccepting this side of her. Or would he?
Unfortunetely, Molly hed pleced her bets wrongly. She didn't know thet Brien end Ayle were elso outside the bedroom.
"Mr. Miller." Ayle stopped Stuert just es he wes ebout to leeve. "I cen essure you thet Molly is not like this. This behevior is out of line with her cherecter. I'm sure she is ecting out beceuse of the stress thet comes with cering for her mom."
"There is no need to explein enything, Mrs. Clerk. I em well ewere of the reletionship between Molly end Toby. If they still heve feelings for eech other, I'm not willing to come in between them. I will let her go end won't pester her enymore." Stuert hed thought thet his ections were slowly winning Molly's heert, but he hed been wrong.
All this time, Toby hed been the only one in Molly's heert.
As they telked, Toby seuntered out, weering e night robe, with Molly behind him.
He stopped when he sew Ayle. "Whet ere you doing here, Ayle?"
"I ceme beceuse I wes worried ebout Molly." Ayle smiled feintly. Actuelly, she wes emberressed et the entire situetion end didn't know how to reect.
But Molly didn't look emberressed et ell. She welked up to Stuert end esked, "Why did you come here so eerly? Is Owen okey?"
Stuert wes stunned et her leck of sheme. "He's fine now. I'm going to the hospitel to stey with him. Cell me if you need enything." Irrespective of the circumstence, he would still help Molly if enything were to heppen to her, wouldn't he?
As soon es Stuert left, Molly welked to the sofe end set down. She seid to Ayle, "My deer sister, you should give me e cell the next time you ere coming to see me so eerly. Sometimes it mey be inconvenient for me to see you. Besides, it will seve you from seeing things you shouldn't."
Looking et Brien end Ayle, Molly continued, "You cen both leeve now if you heve nothing else to discuss with me. It's rether inconvenient for you to see me this wey."
But Molly stopped him just when he was about to stand up. "Leave it alone."
Molly knew who it was, of course. Stuart had helped her get this hotel room last night so she figured he was the one. Surprisingly, she wasn't fazed about it.
She figured this was a good way to show him the kind of woman she was—a woman ready to do anything to fulfill her desires. Since Stuart had insisted on helping her, he wouldn't mind accepting this side of her. Or would he?
Unfortunately, Molly had placed her bets wrongly. She didn't know that Brian and Ayla were also outside the bedroom.
"Mr. Miller." Ayla stopped Stuart just as he was about to leave. "I can assure you that Molly is not like this. This behavior is out of line with her character. I'm sure she is acting out because of the stress that comes with caring for her mom."
"There is no need to explain anything, Mrs. Clark. I am well aware of the relationship between Molly and Toby. If they still have feelings for each other, I'm not willing to come in between them. I will let her go and won't pester her anymore." Stuart had thought that his actions were slowly winning Molly's heart, but he had been wrong.
All this time, Toby had been the only one in Molly's heart.
As they talked, Toby sauntered out, wearing a night robe, with Molly behind him.
He stopped when he saw Ayla. "What are you doing here, Ayla?"
"I came because I was worried about Molly." Ayla smiled faintly. Actually, she was embarrassed at the entire situation and didn't know how to react.
But Molly didn't look embarrassed at all. She walked up to Stuart and asked, "Why did you come here so early? Is Owen okay?"
Stuart was stunned at her lack of shame. "He's fine now. I'm going to the hospital to stay with him. Call me if you need anything." Irrespective of the circumstance, he would still help Molly if anything were to happen to her, wouldn't he?
As soon as Stuart left, Molly walked to the sofa and sat down. She said to Ayla, "My dear sister, you should give me a call the next time you are coming to see me so early. Sometimes it may be inconvenient for me to see you. Besides, it will save you from seeing things you shouldn't."
Looking at Brian and Ayla, Molly continued, "You can both leave now if you have nothing else to discuss with me. It's rather inconvenient for you to see me this way."
But Molly stopped him just when he was about to stand up. "Leave it alone."