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."

baby had filled her with

love you more than life itself.It

Brian, he

the reason for their

her head sadly, "But

she loved a man, all she hoped

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

hand and said, "You are

stubborn disposition so he was

had waited patiently for two years and didn't mind waiting a little

the past two years, Brian had sprung back on

after another and his businesses had entered the global

diligence, he had made strides in his career and tested new areas

what Tatum had done to Ayla, Brian had lost interest in

only person who could

with a

was promoted to

entertainment club was not her only

could work more closely with

for this morning's meeting.There 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

his eye on acquiring the rights for the

it would see him singing all the

didn't bother

was pretty confident of

I've heard from a very reliable source that the Smith Group has also placed a tender for this

Anna informed him.

the past two years, the Smith Group offered strong competition to the Clark

for the same

to be

he would

the other hand, was determined to challenge

that Toby was

Smith Group would tender

had expanded its business as a result of the competition

of this, they were not developing as well as

Smith Group steals this project from right under our noses,

want him to concede

down his pen and looked at

the power to execute that

very attitude was responsible for the

Hub, a fashion design company in Milan, Italy, next month.If you are free, it would

did not confirm his

also did not seem right for him not to attend since they

"Aren't you going?"

only preferred going overseas if Brian

of the Starlight Fashion Hub in Milan was equally important to bolster

go ahead

profile

his work was his