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."

loss of her baby had filled her with

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

he didn't

was the reason

head

she hoped was to have a

give birth now, she

hand and said,

so

two years and didn't

years, Brian had sprung back

and his businesses had entered the

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

what Tatum had done to Ayla,

only person who could help him

entered with

a year ago, she was promoted to

entertainment club was

she could work more closely with

morning's meeting.There is a meeting in the multi-functional hall on the third

I know." Brian had become an international icon

most spheres.He now had his eye on acquiring the

it would see him singing all the way to the

didn't bother

was pretty confident of the

that the Smith Group has

Anna informed him.

past two years, the Smith Group offered strong

tendered for

be

he

hand, was determined

unconcerned.He knew that Toby

not unexpected that the Smith Group would tender for

had expanded its business as a result of

this, they were not developing as well as

if the Smith Group steals this project from

didn't want him to concede to

pen and

worry.They don't have the

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

earlier but did not confirm his attendance

seem right for him not to

"Aren't you going?"

going overseas if Brian accompanied

the Starlight Fashion Hub in Milan

ahead and plan your

to attend these high profile

work was