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."

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her head

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give birth now, she didn't

hand and said, "You are still

was acquainted with her stubborn disposition so he was unprepared to give

years and didn't

past two years, Brian had sprung back on his

another and

had made strides in his

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

only person who could

with

a year ago, she was promoted to special assistant

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become an

had his eye on acquiring

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confident of the

that the Smith Group has also placed

Anna informed him.

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that he would

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was unconcerned.He knew that Toby

not unexpected that the Smith Group would

Smith Group had expanded its business as a result of the competition offered

they were not developing as well as the Clark

if the Smith Group steals this project from right under

him to concede to

pen and looked

worry.They don't have the power to execute that

attitude was responsible for the company scaling such

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

did not confirm

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

"Aren't you going?"

going overseas

Starlight Fashion Hub in Milan was equally important to bolster

ahead and plan your

profile social events over the past two

because his work was