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

and Brian considered

"I see."

action yet

down, Ayla would definitely leave

his best

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

shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all these

had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner, step

had been smoking the

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

couldn't

told him everything before he had passed away,

made to watch as several

his father had died, he had asked

him when Tatum had approached Lucas

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

him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous,

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to

Anna back to

she watched Brian turn around the

walk.You should go

wanted to go to

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

had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared in the

reason behind

her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there,

corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between his

you still thinking about her?"

say anything.Instead, he took a

didn't matter if he

alive, will

although she didn't really want

that Ayla had returned on

throwing her a

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but hadn't been

heart, Ayla had become

be with another man, or she might have

intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts

need to stop talking about her.Let's

shook off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught

don't

effort to not think about