Deep Love of The Perfect Bride novel Chapter 13

As they were eating, Ayl a looked up from the plate and turned around. Suddenly she froze when her eyes met Brian's sharp gaze directly on her. Anna followed Brian's gaze and located Ayl a. A smirk appeared on her face as she waited for the drama.

"Lala, what's wrong?" Toby held Ayla's hand and shook it gently. "Are you cold? Why is your hand so cold?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I'm fine." Ayl a forced a smile as she averted her gaze from Brian and looked down. She withdrew her hand gently from Toby's hold, conscious of Brian's burning gaze that bore into her. She knew he was misunderstanding the whole situation.

She'd have to face its consequences.

"Come on, finish the food. Do you want more? I can order more for you." Toby looked at her with adoration in his eyes. She was still that little girl whom he left years ago. He reached out and rubbed her hair softly.

He wanted to come back before her eighteenth birthday and celebrate it with her. But he couldn't make it. Now that he was here, he could make it up for her.

"Thank you, Toby." Ayl a nodded then drank the orange juice quickly. Toby noticed how suddenly she turned restless.

Meanwhile, Anna gave Brian a side glance. "Mr. Clark, why did you marry such an unworthy woman?" In fact, Anna never really understood why Brian married Clayton's daughter if he wanted to take revenge on him. Such a skittish woman was not suitable for him.

For a person like Brian, any woman would want to marry him. But he chose Arlene out of all. It was beyond understandable to Anna.

Brian and Anna took seats at the table opposite to the one where Ayl a was seated. Brian quietly stirred the coffee in front of him before saying, "Well, I expected this."

He had expected that Clayton's daughter wouldn't be a loyal woman. Brian used marriage to bind Arlene for a lifetime. Because the hatred he had in his heart, wouldn't have subsided otherwise.

"Mr. Clark, I really don't understand why would you do that? Although she is beautiful and slender, as far as I can tell, you don't care about appearance." Anna looked at him. Brian was handsome and a renowned businessman. But his appearance was of a cold and strict person. No one could really understand what went on in his incomprehensible mind.

He was like a closed book. She couldn't read him, and perhaps no one else could.

"You are right." Indeed, Brian wasn't a man who only paid attention to appearance. When he decided to marry Arlene, he didn't even know how she looked like.