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."

but to settle for second best.She would need more time to plan how to worm her way

He nodded in agreement.

her face.She knew exactly what she wanted from this very complicated relationship: a child

to the Clark

dresses she had designed were ready for inspection.The Clark Group was indeed super-efficient.The dresses were presented

think? Do they

the mannequins and

stood aside and watched in awe as she seriously examined the dresses.He had never imagined that Ayla, who majored in secretarial profession, would blossom into a professional

at the company, she heard that Brian had brought a beautiful woman

spoil her so much? Ayla and Lucas had grown close over the past two years.She was a very seductive woman

on the sofa, observing

was too

all the

object to any of her designs? Had anyone else designed the dresses, he would have found a thousand flaws in

couldn't help but blame

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

difficulties between them to keep them apart, but it

not allow Ayla to

her head,

prick her finger with the needle she

pain made

her gaze and said, "Come on

was as cold as

really going to do this?"

past two years that

still nurtured

resembled Ayla on the

helpless against this infatuation and would even help him

in her heart, he would

admire their resemblance to Ayla from

prayed that

was a dream short

mysteriously reappeared,

a look.What's your opinion? Do you find anything wrong?" Brian asked with