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

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

Brian, he didn't

was the reason for their

her head sadly, "But

man, all she hoped was to have a complete

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

held her hand and said, "You are still

stubborn disposition so

years and didn't

years, Brian had sprung back on his

had achieved one success after another and his businesses had entered the global

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

what Tatum had done to Ayla, Brian

the only person who could help him

with

she was promoted to

the entertainment club was not her

she could work

a meeting in the multi-functional hall on the third floor of the City Project Conference Center at 3

know." Brian had become

his eye

singing all

bother him

was pretty confident of the

that the Smith Group has also placed a tender

Anna informed him.

Group offered strong competition to

for the

groups appeared to be equally pitted against each

that he

other hand, was determined to challenge Brian

knew that Toby was doing this for

the Smith Group

its business as a result of

this, they were not developing as well as the

this project from right under our noses, will

him to concede to Toby yet

down his pen and

the

looked at his calm, over confident disposition.This very attitude was responsible

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

it also did not seem right for him

"Aren't you going?"

overseas if

Milan was equally important to bolster

ahead and plan your

these high profile social events over the

his work was his