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.

not let him

had shot Ayla, and

"I see."

hadn't taken any action

that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely

years, Lucas had tried his best to

asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put

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

that was exactly what Tatum had done.He had

been smoking

gut that Antawood, which was once

couldn't leave this

he had passed away, he might not have

being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient, was

had died, he had asked

Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his

had then taken him to Thailand and put him through a

and taught him everything he needed to

Anna back to

are you going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the

for a walk.You should go to bed

just wanted to go to the

by the wooden tombstone that Ayla

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

reason behind

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

dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette

about her?" she asked, walking up

took a

if he thought about Ayla or

still alive, will you still

had to know, although she didn't really want to hear

only one who knew that Ayla had returned on the same flight

Brian said, throwing her a withering look

been signed on, but hadn't

his heart, Ayla had become his legitimate

know.It has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and

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

around and said, "We need to stop

as he strode furiously

around his waist

please don't

effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually