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 get away

and Brian considered

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

Ayla would definitely leave

tried his best to do what Tatum

asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup,

what you've been working towards all these years,"

was exactly what Tatum had done.He had

been smoking the whole

wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now something

he couldn't leave

he had passed away, he might not have suffered so

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

died, he

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 him through

and taught him everything he

Anna back

asked as she watched Brian

going out for a walk.You should

wanted to go

wooden tombstone that Ayla had

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

was the reason behind it

Anna followed him out and saw

in the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette

her?" she asked, walking up

anything.Instead, he took a drag

matter if he thought about Ayla

she is still alive, will

had to know, although she didn't really want

one who knew that Ayla had returned on the

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

only been signed on,

heart, Ayla had become his

know.It has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here," Anna

that the intimacy between Ayla

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

around and said, "We need to stop

all his thoughts as he

her arms around his waist from

please don't think about

effort to not think about Ayla,