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

and Brian

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his life without

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

these illegal transactions would put

you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all

had done.He had forced Lucas into

smoking

a wrench of his gut that Antawood,

he couldn't leave this

hadn't told him everything before he had passed away, he might not

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

died, he

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

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

had then taken him to Thailand and

and taught him everything he

Anna back to

Anna asked as she watched Brian

going out for a walk.You should go to bed

to go

wooden tombstone that Ayla had

commit suicide,

was the reason behind

Anna

dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

about her?" she asked, walking up to

he took a drag from

him, it didn't matter if he

she is still alive, will

know, although she didn't really want to

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

hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her

only been signed on, but hadn't been

Ayla had become his

is alive, she might be with another man, or she might

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and

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

turned around and said, "We need

thoughts as he strode furiously back

him, wrapping her arms around his waist from

please don't

to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget about