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.

would not let him get away

Ayla, and

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because

that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't

Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum had asked

knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup,

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

done.He had

been smoking

gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown,

couldn't

had passed away, he might not have suffered so

had still been a helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his

had died, he had asked

him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

had been too young to understand what hatred meant to

taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

him everything he needed to

drove Anna back

as she watched Brian turn

a walk.You should go

just wanted to

wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's heart

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

was the reason behind it

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

dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking

didn't say anything.Instead, he took a drag from

if he

still alive, will you

although she didn't really want to hear

knew that Ayla had returned on

throwing her

only been signed on,

heart, Ayla had become his

might be with another man, or she might have

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts in getting

need to stop talking

as

her arms around his waist from behind as she

don't think

a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would