The Substitute Bride: Making Memories Of Us (Lois Stone)

Ayla went downstairs and got into Lucas’ car, hurriedly leaving the company.He drove her back to her original apartment.  

"Lala."

Lucas had prepared two cups of tea, placing them on the table.

They had been sitting on the sofa for over ten minutes but neither of them had uttered a word.  Ayla had no clue what he wanted to talk to her about.

Was it about their past or their future together? She just couldn't wrap her head around it.

Lucas put down his teacup and sat next to her.

"What happened today was nothing but an unfortunate misunderstanding," he remarked and put his hand on hers. 

She looked up at him.

He said that she had misunderstood the incident earlier today.

But who on earth would've been mistaken? Haley was certainly pregnant, and Lucas was definitely the father.

And he still insisted that it was a mistake? Was it just her imagination or was she really wrong? 

‘No, that's impossible"

Ayla could tell from Haley's eyes just how much she loved Lucas.

That woman probably loved him so much that she was willing to do anything for him, including giving birth to their child, even if they didn't end up together.

"Lucas, you've been with her for a long time, haven't you?"

Ayla withdrew her hand and placed it on her lap.

She might've slept with Lucas for once after she was drunk, but that didn't necessarily mean they'd be together forever, but Haley's case was different.  For a moment, he was reluctant to speak.

'Maybe I have known her for a long time?’ Lucas nodded.

"I've known her for more than ten years."  He and Haley grew up together.

Back when he was under Tatum's wing, he had an inhuman life.

time, he barely had anything to eat, he didn't have enough clothes

through it all was Haley.  Lucas had lost his parents and

family, he turned into

Brian, so he wanted to take vengeance upon him.He wanted him to give back everything that

even mentioned Haley's name to me once." Ayla had never asked him about

to time, he would tell her about his

me.I've always known that Haley liked me, but I never liked her back.I've

in a

that Ayla

was obvious that Haley wanted to make her think that she had

Haley had sent spies to keep

he couldn't do

who raised him, and Haley was

was the one he

that he would live in hatred for the rest of

that Brian had gotten married, he

paid special attention to what had happened in Molly and

frequent interactions made Lucas

her, he had

that after he had gotten his revenge,

for

decided to cast aside his hatred and take her far away from everyone that could hurt her.  Ayla stared

you lied to me, not because you were afraid that I would misunderstand you, but because you couldn't understand yourself?" She told Lucas

first year in Italy, she had a miserable life,

wasn't

they had slept with each other

for her to make him take responsibility for her own blunder? She wasn't that kind of person.  And so,

love her! I just think of her as my sister," Lucas

took out the ring from her bag, putting it on the tea

said when we bought this ring together? If one day, you find a more suitable lover, you can tell me, and I

it's impossible for me to

she do that? Did she really not love him?

is pregnant," Ayla

fact, and they

who set me up that night.And then I mistook her as you, so I had sex with her.I never imagined she'd