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

Lucas heard his phone ringing.It was late and there was only one person who would call him at this time.He answered the phone warily.

"Father."

"Have you returned to Antawood?" Tatum asked without preamble.

He had asked Lucas to go to Thailand but the latter had refused.

This time, he wanted to get done with solving the Brian issue now that Lucas had returned.

"Yes, I just arrived today."

Lucas knew that he couldn't hide this fact.He had tried his best to hide Ayla from Tatum for two years.

But maybe he couldn't do it anymore.

Lucas wondered what Tatum would do to Ayla once he knew the truth.

Tatum had used her once.He might do it again.

"How long will you be in Antawood this time? I shouldn't have to remind you of the issue each time.Do you want to insult the memory of your deceased parents by losing the Collins Group that rightfully belongs to you?"

Tatum had been feeding Lucas such ideas since Lucas' childhood.

That was also why Lucas hated Brian.

All Lucas had wanted was to get close to Brian by using Ayla and kill him.

But before that could happen, he had developed a huge crush on Ayla.He hadn't taken revenge for his family yet.

And if Ayla were to know why he had approached her, she might hate him.

But he didn't regret it.

When he began trying to put a ring on her finger, he had considered everything that might happen in the future and had plotted his plan out.

"I know that, Father.I will never forget it," Lucas said, nodding.

"Good.Brian's men are watching me.So I hope you will handle this as soon as possible,"

Tatum reminded him.

Tatum's TH Gang had suffered a heavy blow because of Brian.

If it hadn't been for the fact that Brian had quitted the drug transactions over the past two years, Tatum wouldn't have had the chance to get back into this business again.

But Tatum was too eager for money.

He had forgotten the simple fact that the higher he climbed, the heavier the fall would be.

not let him get away with

and Brian considered this

"I see."

any action

Ayla would definitely leave him.And he

two years, Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum had asked of

asked.He knew that these illegal

forcing you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working

what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a

had been smoking

with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was

couldn't leave

hadn't told him everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered so

made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a

father had died, he

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached

understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely

and put

stronger and taught him everything he needed to

Anna back to the

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around

going out for a walk.You should

to go to the

he stood by the wooden tombstone

gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But

reason behind

to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still as

dim corner of the backyard

you still thinking about her?" she asked,

took

if he thought about Ayla

still alive, will you still

didn't really want

only one who knew that Ayla had returned on

said, throwing her a withering look

been signed on, but hadn't

his heart, Ayla had become

been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

Ayla was still alive, and he still

and said, "We need

thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't think about

think about