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 get

and Brian considered this

"I see."

taken any action yet

Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine

had tried his

wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal

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

had done.He had

had been smoking

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

couldn't leave

his father hadn't told him everything before he had passed away,

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

died, he

when Tatum had

young to understand what hatred meant

taken him to Thailand and

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything

Anna back to

Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment

should go to bed early,"

wanted to go to the

by the wooden tombstone that

and had tried to commit suicide, and

was the reason

he ever get the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing

of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

you still thinking about her?" she asked,

he took a drag

him, it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

she is still alive, will

know, although she didn't really want

who knew that Ayla

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

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but

his heart, Ayla had become his legitimate

might be with another man, or she

the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

still alive, and he still loved her, he would put

turned around and said, "We need to stop

his thoughts as he strode furiously back

around his waist from behind as she caught

don't think

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