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."

of her baby had

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

Brian, he didn't

that was the reason for

shook her head sadly, "But I

loved a man, all she hoped was to have a

now, she didn't want

and said, "You are

her stubborn disposition so he was unprepared to give up

had waited patiently for two years and didn't mind waiting a little

Brian had sprung

and his businesses

had made strides in his career and tested new areas

Ayla, Brian had lost interest in transaction of

only person who could help him around

entered with

she was promoted to special assistant

entertainment club was not her only

could work more closely with

is a meeting in the multi-functional hall on the third floor of the City Project

had become an international icon

had his eye on acquiring the rights for the road development project

singing all the way to

bother him

pretty confident of the

from a very reliable source that the Smith Group has also placed a tender for

Anna informed him.

the Smith Group offered strong competition to the Clark

tendered for the same

appeared to be equally pitted against each

he would suffer no

determined to

that Toby was doing this for

that the Smith Group would

Smith Group had expanded its business as a result

of this, they were not developing as well as the

the Smith Group steals this project from right under our noses, will

him to concede to Toby yet

pen and looked at

don't have the power to

over confident disposition.This very attitude was responsible for the company scaling such great heights!

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 represent

received the invitation earlier but did not confirm his attendance due to lack

right for him not to attend since they were always

"Aren't you going?"

going overseas if Brian accompanied

new product launch of the Starlight Fashion Hub in Milan was equally important to bolster the clothing company of

go ahead and

to attend these high profile social events over the past two

because his work was