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.

let him

shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

any action

if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his

tried his best to do what Tatum had asked of

illegal transactions would

you've been working towards

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

smoking

wrench of his gut that

he couldn't leave

father hadn't told him everything before he had

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

had died, he had asked

when Tatum had approached Lucas with

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

Thailand and put him through a

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact

drove Anna back to the

Anna asked as she watched Brian

going out for a walk.You should go to bed

wanted to go to the

tombstone that Ayla

had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian

was the reason behind it

up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing

the backyard was the cigarette flickering between

thinking about her?"

anything.Instead, he took a

him, it didn't matter if

is still alive, will

didn't

knew that Ayla had returned on the same

won't answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put out

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

heart, Ayla had become

has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

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

need

his thoughts as he strode

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

don't

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