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

"I don't care.I love you more than life itself.It doesn't matter if we

Brian, he

that was the reason for their breakup,

head sadly, "But

she loved a man, all she hoped was to have

birth now, she didn't want to love anyone

said, "You are still

her stubborn disposition so he was unprepared to give up so

years and didn't

Brian had sprung back on his

after another and his businesses had entered the global

had made strides in his career

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

person who could help him

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reliable source that the Smith Group

Anna informed him.

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calm, over confident disposition.This very attitude was responsible for

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

invitation earlier but did not

not seem right for him not to attend since they were always so

"Aren't you going?"

only preferred going overseas

Hub in Milan was equally important to bolster the clothing

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had neglected to attend these high profile social events

because his work was