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.

let him get away with

had shot Ayla, and

"I see."

action yet

down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine

two years, Lucas had tried his

knew that these illegal transactions would

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

that was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner,

smoking the

wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now something

couldn't leave this

had passed away, he might not

a helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient, was admitted

died, he had asked Lucas to take

to him when Tatum had approached Lucas

had been too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely

had then taken him to Thailand and put him through

stronger and taught him everything

drove Anna back to the

Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the

walk.You should go to bed early," Brian

just wanted to go to the

tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

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

reason behind

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

dim corner of the backyard

thinking about her?" she

he took

it didn't matter if he

is still alive, will you still

to know, although she didn't really want

the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on

Brian said, throwing her a withering look as

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but hadn't

Ayla had become his

might be with another man, or she

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

alive, and he still loved her, he would

said, "We need to stop talking about

all his thoughts as he

around his waist from behind as she caught up

please don't think about

not think