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

Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

action yet

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

years, Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum had asked

wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put

not forcing you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working

that was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner, step by

been smoking

gut that Antawood, which was once

couldn't leave this

had passed away, he might not

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

died, he had asked

presented itself to him when Tatum had

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

and put him through

had made Lucas stronger and taught him

drove Anna back to

asked as she watched Brian

out for a walk.You should go to bed

wanted to

the wooden tombstone that

had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared in

was the reason

chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still

in the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking

anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

matter if he thought

alive, will you

didn't really want to

that Ayla had returned on the

hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as

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

heart, Ayla had become his

alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here,"

intimacy between

Brian knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved

around and said, "We need

thoughts as

arms around his waist from behind as

don't think about

not think about Ayla, he