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

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

Brian, he didn't

reason for their

her head sadly,

loved a man, all she hoped was

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

held her hand and said, "You are still so

acquainted with her stubborn disposition so he was

for two years and didn't

the past two years, Brian

success after another and his

made strides in his career and tested new areas

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

who

with

was promoted to special

club was not her

could work more closely with

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

know." Brian had become an

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

him singing all the way to

didn't bother him

confident of

reliable source that the Smith

Anna informed him.

Group

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be equally pitted

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knew that Toby was

Smith Group

had expanded its business as a result of the competition offered by the

they were not developing

from right under our noses, will

didn't want him to concede

his pen and looked

the

disposition.This very attitude was responsible for the company scaling such

fashion design company in Milan, Italy, next month.If you

earlier but did not confirm his attendance due to

also did not seem right for him not to attend since

"Aren't you going?"

only preferred going overseas if Brian accompanied

of the Starlight Fashion Hub in Milan was equally important

go ahead and plan

high profile social events over the past two

work was his