The Substitute Bride: Making Memories Of Us (Lois Stone)

Haley sneered, "Are you pretending as if nothing has happened? How cruel can you be to say this? How dare you insinuate that nothing has happened? Then what is this?" she asked, pointing at the bruises punctuated all over her body by the previous night's frenzied sex.

'How could he ask me to forget what has happened?' she thought bitterly.

"Lucas, how could you be so cruel to me for the sake of that wretched woman? Can she love you as much as I do? Can she drive you to such levels of ecstasy and passion as I do? She hasn't let you touch her, has she?"

She had done everything in her power to get what she wanted and was determined to win this battle.

"Haley, don't you understand? I always regard you as my sister."

What he meant was that she could only be a sister to him.

Chances of her ever becoming a lover or a wife were nil.

The only woman in his heart was Ayla.

It didn't matter that he could not get her body, but his heart belonged only to her.

"Am I right?"

Haley looked at him and commented, "If a woman doesn't surrender her body to you then it's a clear indication that she doesn't love you!"

"What nonsense! The two of you are like chalk and cheese!"

He liked Ayla's innocence and kindness as much as he disliked Haley's scheming character.

Ayla could shower him with an abundance of warmth that made him long for a home with her.

Haley couldn't offer him anything close to this in a thousand years.

Although Haley had helped him in countless ways when he was suffering in Thailand, that was not the kind of love he sought.

Haley stared at him and said, "I won't force you; but I don't want you to meet that woman now, okay? Please can you stay and accompany me today?"

His heart melted like butter when he saw tears streaming down her cheeks.

She didn't usually break down so easily.

"Are you still hesitant? This is my only condition.I do not expect you to take responsibility for me or to marry me.All I request is that you should spend just one day with me, please."

would need more time to

He nodded in agreement.

victory spread across her face.She knew exactly what she

took Ayla to the

designed were ready for inspection.The Clark Group was indeed super-efficient.The dresses were presented to her in a

think? Do they

the dresses on the

that Ayla, who majored in secretarial profession, would blossom into a professional designer in a span

brought a

had grown close over the past two

the office, she spotted Brian on the sofa, observing Ayla as

too

all the dresses

of her designs? Had anyone else

couldn't help but blame

earlier, then there would have been no need for him to go over

deliberately created difficulties between them to keep them apart,

not allow Ayla to

her

distraction caused her to accidentally prick her finger with the needle she was working

sudden pain made her drop

her gaze and said, "Come on

was as

are you really going to do this?" Anna

so ruthless? In the past two years that they had been 'together', he had not reciprocated

the fact that he still nurtured a space in his

a woman who resembled Ayla on the

even help him investigate

in her heart, he

would just admire their resemblance

prayed that he would

was a dream short

could forget Ayla, she mysteriously reappeared, ruining the peace they had shared

a look.What's your opinion? Do you find anything