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

had shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

action

Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his life without

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

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

shouldn't forget what you've been

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

smoking

a wrench of his gut

couldn't

told him everything before he had passed away,

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

died, he

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded

had then taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

stronger and taught him

drove Anna back

asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they

walk.You should

to go

he stood by the wooden tombstone that

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

reason behind it

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

the backyard was the cigarette flickering between his

her?" she asked,

took a drag

if he thought about Ayla or

she is still alive, will

didn't

only one who knew that Ayla

questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on,

his heart, Ayla

alive, she might be with another man, or she

thought that the intimacy between

Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all

around and said, "We need to

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously

arms around his waist from behind as she caught

please don't think about

a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would