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.

would not let him get away

Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

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

had tried his best to

would get whatever Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions

not forcing you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all these years," Tatum

Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into

been smoking

out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which

he couldn't

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

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

died, he had asked Lucas to

presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely

him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he

back to

as she watched Brian turn around

going out for a walk.You should go to

just wanted to go to the

he stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had

living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian

was the reason behind it

up to her? Anna followed him out

only light in the dim corner of the backyard

thinking about her?" she asked,

anything.Instead, he took a

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

she is still alive, will you still love

she didn't really want to hear him say

who knew that Ayla had returned on

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

been signed on, but

heart, Ayla had

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

intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

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

need to stop talking

off all his thoughts as

him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught

please don't

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