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

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

Brian, he didn't

reason for their breakup,

shook her head sadly,

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

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

held her hand and said, "You are still so

so he was unprepared

for two years and didn't mind

two years, Brian had sprung

after another and his businesses had entered the

had made strides in his career and tested new areas of

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

only person who could help him around

with

a year ago, she was

was

work more closely with

hall on the third

I know." Brian had become an international icon in

was manipulating the markets in most spheres.He now had his eye on acquiring the rights for the road development project of

would see him singing

didn't bother him

was pretty confident of the

from a very reliable source that the

Anna informed him.

the past two years, the Smith Group

tendered for the same

groups appeared to be equally pitted against

he would suffer no

was determined to challenge Brian

that Toby was doing this

unexpected that the Smith

had expanded its business as a result of the competition offered

of this, they were not developing

Smith Group steals this project from right under our

didn't want him to concede to Toby yet

put down his pen and looked at

have the power to execute that

over confident disposition.This very attitude

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

but did not confirm his

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

"Aren't you going?"

preferred going overseas if

of the Starlight Fashion Hub in Milan

go ahead

neglected to attend these high profile social events over the

work