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 him

shot Ayla, and

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because of

knew that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his life without

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

asked.He knew that these illegal transactions

shouldn't forget what you've

done.He had forced Lucas into a corner,

had been smoking

gut that

couldn't leave

he had passed away, he might

time, being made to watch as several

he

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

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

him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact

Anna back to

watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the living

a walk.You should go to

to

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

gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully

reason

her? Anna followed him out and saw

only light in the dim corner of the backyard

about her?" she asked, walking up

took

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

still alive, will you still

had to know, although she didn't really want

one who knew that Ayla had returned on

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

been signed

in his heart, Ayla had become

alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything

intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

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

need to stop talking about her.Let's

as

around his waist

please don't

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