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."

baby had filled her with

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

Brian, he didn't

was the reason for

her head sadly, "But I

a man, all she hoped was to

birth now, she didn't want

said, "You are still

so he was unprepared

patiently for two years and didn't

years, Brian had

one success after another and his businesses had

he had made strides in his career

done to Ayla, Brian had

only person who could help him

with

year ago, she was promoted to special assistant to

club was not

she could work more

multi-functional hall on

know." Brian had become an

eye on acquiring the rights for the road development project of

see him singing all the way to the

bother

was pretty confident of the

that the Smith

Anna informed him.

Smith Group offered strong competition to

purposefully tendered for

appeared to be equally

he would suffer

was determined to challenge Brian at any

was unconcerned.He knew that Toby

unexpected that the Smith Group would

business as a result of the competition offered

of this, they were not

steals this project from right under our

want him to

put down his pen and looked

don't have the power to

looked at his calm, over confident disposition.This very attitude was responsible for the company scaling

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

did not confirm his attendance due to lack of

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

"Aren't you going?"

only preferred going overseas

Hub in Milan was equally important to bolster the

sure.You go ahead and plan your

had neglected to attend these high profile social events over the past

work was his