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

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

Brian, he didn't

the reason for their breakup,

her head

a man, all she hoped was to

she couldn't give birth now, she

said, "You are still so

disposition so he was unprepared to give up

patiently for two years and didn't mind

Brian had sprung back on his

another and his businesses had

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

Ayla, Brian had lost interest in

who could help him around

with

ago, she was promoted to special

the entertainment club was not her

could work more closely

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

had become an international

eye

see him singing all the way to the

bother him

was pretty confident of the

the Smith Group has also placed a tender

Anna informed him.

two years, the Smith Group offered strong competition to

for the

be equally pitted against

that he would suffer no

other hand, was determined to challenge Brian

that Toby was doing this

Smith Group would

had expanded its business as a result of the competition

were not developing as well as the

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

want him to concede to Toby

pen

worry.They don't have the power to execute

confident disposition.This very attitude was responsible for the

being held by Starlight Fashion Hub, a fashion design company in Milan, Italy, next

did not confirm his attendance

not seem right for him not to

"Aren't you going?"

preferred going overseas if Brian

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

not sure.You go ahead

attend these high profile social events over the

because his work was his