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 away

Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

action yet because

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

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

knew that these illegal transactions would

forget what you've been working

had done.He had forced Lucas into a

had been smoking the

of his gut that Antawood, which was

couldn't

everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered

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

died, he

Tatum had approached Lucas with

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

him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

stronger and taught him everything he needed to

back to

asked as she watched Brian

a walk.You should go to

wanted to go

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

tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had

reason behind it

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

dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between his

still thinking about her?"

didn't say anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

if

still alive, will you still

she didn't really want to

only one who knew that Ayla

Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put out the

marriage had only been signed

Ayla had become his legitimate

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

thought that the intimacy between Ayla

if Brian knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put

"We need to stop

off all his thoughts as

arms around his waist from behind

please don't think

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