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."

of her baby had filled her with

gazed at her and said, "I don't care.I love you more than life itself.It

Brian, he

was the reason for their breakup,

shook her head

she loved a man, all she hoped was to have a complete family

couldn't give birth now, she didn't want

said, "You are still

was acquainted with her stubborn disposition so he was unprepared to give up

two years and didn't

past two years, Brian

success after another and his

strides in his career and

to Ayla,

was the only person who

with

was promoted to special assistant

was not her

work more closely

is the paraphernalia for this morning's meeting.There is a meeting in the multi-functional hall on the third floor of the City

I know." Brian had become

had his eye on acquiring

would see him singing all the

bother him

pretty confident of

heard from a very reliable source that the Smith

Anna informed him.

the Smith Group offered strong competition to the

purposefully tendered for

appeared to be equally pitted against each

that he would suffer

was determined to

was unconcerned.He knew that Toby was doing this for

that the Smith Group would

Group had expanded its business as a result of the competition offered by the Clark

this, they were not developing as well as the

project from right under our noses, will we

him to concede

his pen

have the power to execute

his calm, over confident disposition.This very attitude was responsible for the company scaling

design company in Milan, Italy, next month.If you are free,

did not confirm his attendance due to

for him not to attend since they were always so

"Aren't you going?"

overseas if Brian

of the Starlight Fashion Hub in Milan was equally

go ahead

profile social events over the past two

because his work