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 with

had shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

any action

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

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

these illegal transactions would put him in

shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all these years," Tatum

done.He had forced Lucas into a

had been smoking the whole

wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was

he couldn't

him everything before he had passed away, he

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

died, he had asked Lucas

Tatum had approached Lucas with

young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his

taken him to Thailand and

stronger and taught him everything he needed to

Anna back

as she watched Brian turn around the moment they

should

just wanted to go to the

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

and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

reason

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

corner of the backyard was

about her?" she asked, walking

took a drag from

him, it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

alive, will you

she didn't really want to

only one who knew that

your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on,

his heart, Ayla

be with another man,

between Ayla and Lucas was

Brian knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts

said, "We need

as he strode furiously back to the

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught

don't think

conscious effort to not think