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."

had no choice but to settle for second best.She would need more time to plan

He nodded in agreement.

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

to the

designed were ready for inspection.The Clark Group was

think? Do they meet up

the mannequins and

she seriously examined the dresses.He had never imagined that Ayla, who majored in secretarial profession, would blossom into a professional designer in a span of two

the company, she heard that Brian had brought a

while to spoil her so much? Ayla and Lucas had grown close over the past

Anna walked into the office, she spotted Brian on the sofa, observing Ayla as she

too

two days, all the dresses were

not object to any of her designs? Had anyone else designed the dresses, he would have found

couldn't help but

then there would have

keep

time around, she would not allow Ayla to ruin her relationship

raised her head, she noticed

prick her finger with

made

followed her gaze and said, "Come

was as cold as

you really going to do

have to be so ruthless? In the past two

fact that he still nurtured a

a woman who resembled Ayla on the street, he would run after

infatuation and would even help him

that deep in her heart, he would

just admire their resemblance to Ayla from afar all

hoped and prayed that he would gradually

a dream short

he could forget Ayla, she mysteriously reappeared,

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