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

Ayla's protests were in vain as she was trapped in Lucas' strong arms.

"Lucas, please stop.We can't do that! No!" she murmured.

Subconsciously, she resisted his approach towards her.

In the past two years, nothing had changed between them.

She still couldn't give him a place in her heart.

She didn't love him and that was the bottom line.

"Lala, you have to forget him, okay? You are a mere footnote in the history of his life.How can you still love him?"

For two years he endeavored to make her forget Brian.He was becoming impatient.

The last time he had met Brian, he saw that although he was still with Anna, their relationship was more of a business partnership.

Their engagement too was just a social spectacle.

This was cause for concern.

Ayla was no longer some pauper.She could have anything her heart desired.She shook her head.

Whether she chose to forget Brian or not was her personal matter.

It did not concern Lucas.She simply couldn't accept him.

"Lala, talk to me!"

A salty, astringent taste spread around his lips.

"Lucas, if you want me to feel indebted to you for all that you did for me these past two years, then take my body! Objectify me to your heart's content! If not, then leave me alone!"

She could never repay him for all that he had done for her.

If all he wanted was her body, then he could claim it.

She had lost so much that nothing mattered to her anymore.Her words echoed in his mind.

Did he still have to end up forcing her after two years of pursuing her? This was not what he had bargained for! She pulled up her clothes and said, "Lucas, you are well aware of my checkered past.I am no angel.My health is deteriorating and I am unable to conceive.I can never be a mother.My being with you will only bring you more misery."

He felt and understood her pain.

She had shared everything with him.

There were no secrets.

What stunned Lucas most was her revelation that she could not have a baby.

"Was it because of him?"

He sank into stunned silence for a while.

Ayla stared at the vastness outside then clarified, "No.It's my choice."

her baby had

love you more than life itself.It

Brian, he

the reason for

head sadly,

loved a man, all she hoped was to

birth now,

her hand and said, "You are still so

her stubborn disposition so he was unprepared to give

for two years and didn't mind

the past two years, Brian had sprung back

and his businesses

in his career

of what Tatum had done to Ayla, Brian had

the only person who could help him around

entered with

was promoted to special assistant to

the entertainment club was not her

she could work

is a meeting in the multi-functional hall on the third floor of the City Project Conference Center at 3

know." Brian had become an international

his eye on acquiring the rights for the road development project

him singing

bother him

was pretty confident of the

a very reliable source that the Smith Group has also placed a tender for

Anna informed him.

two years, the Smith Group offered strong competition to

purposefully tendered for the

groups appeared to be equally pitted against

he would

was determined to challenge Brian at any

Toby was doing

the Smith Group would tender for this

a result of the competition offered by the Clark

this, they were not developing as well as

the Smith Group steals this project from right under our

him to

put down his pen

worry.They don't have the power to execute

at his calm, over confident disposition.This very attitude was responsible for the company scaling such great heights!

held by Starlight Fashion Hub, a fashion design company in Milan, Italy, next month.If you are free, it would be

not confirm

right for him not to

"Aren't you going?"

going overseas if Brian

Hub in Milan was equally important to bolster the clothing company of the Clark

not sure.You go ahead and

neglected to attend these high profile social

because his work was