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.

Brian would not let

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

any action yet because of

he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And

tried his

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

not forcing you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all these

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

had been smoking

with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was

he couldn't leave this

him everything before he had passed away, he might not

made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a

his father had died, he had asked

him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition

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

had then taken him to Thailand and put

taught him everything he needed to exact

Anna back to the

watched Brian turn around the moment

a walk.You should go

to go

by the wooden tombstone that Ayla

had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian

reason

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

corner of the backyard was the cigarette

you still thinking about her?"

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

him, it didn't matter if he

is still alive, will you still

didn't really want to

who knew that Ayla had returned

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

marriage had only been signed on, but hadn't

heart, Ayla

is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here," Anna

that the intimacy between

still alive, and he still loved her,

need to stop talking

shook off all his thoughts as he

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

don't think

to not think about Ayla,