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."

her baby had

love you more than life itself.It doesn't

Brian, he

that was the reason

head

she hoped was to have

birth now,

her hand and said, "You are still so

so he

years and

past two years, Brian had sprung back on

one success after another and his businesses had

he had made strides in his

done to Ayla, Brian

who

with a

year ago, she was promoted to special assistant

was not her

she could work more closely with

here is the paraphernalia for this morning's meeting.There is a meeting in the multi-functional hall

Brian had become an

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

singing all the way to

bother

confident of

that the Smith Group has also placed a

Anna informed him.

two years, the Smith Group offered strong competition to

for

to be equally pitted against

that he

determined to

unconcerned.He knew that Toby was doing

not unexpected that the Smith Group would tender for

had expanded its business as a result of

of this, they were not developing as well as the

steals this project from right under our

didn't want him to concede to

pen and looked at

the

attitude was responsible for the company scaling such great

by the way, there is a fashion show being held by Starlight Fashion Hub, a fashion design company in Milan, Italy, next month.If you are free, it would be great if you could

but did not confirm his attendance due

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

"Aren't you going?"

only preferred going overseas if

in Milan was equally important to bolster

ahead and plan your

neglected to attend these high profile social

because his work was his