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

and Brian considered this

"I see."

action yet because

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

the past two years, Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum had

get whatever Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup,

Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've

had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner,

had been smoking the whole

out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut

couldn't

father hadn't told him everything before he had passed away,

child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother

father had died, he had asked Lucas to take

presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with

meant to him.He had merely nodded his head in

to Thailand and put him

taught him everything he needed

drove Anna back to

watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the living

walk.You should go to bed

to

stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's heart

suicide,

reason behind it

the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him

dim corner of the backyard was the

you still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up

anything.Instead, he took a drag

didn't matter if he

still alive, will you

had to know, although she didn't really

knew that Ayla had returned

said, throwing her a withering look as he put

marriage had only been signed on, but

Ayla

if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or

the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

still loved her, he would put all his efforts in

around and said, "We need to

shook off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught up

please don't think

Brian made a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget