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.

let him get away

shot Ayla, and

"I see."

action yet because of

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

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

asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in

shouldn't forget what you've been working

done.He had forced Lucas into a corner, step

smoking

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

he couldn't leave this

everything before he had passed away,

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

had died, he had asked Lucas to

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded

had then taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous,

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to

drove Anna back to the

asked as she watched Brian turn around the

out for a walk.You should go to bed

to go to

he stood by the wooden tombstone

that Ayla had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide,

was the reason behind it

it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him

only light in the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

her?" she asked,

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

matter if he thought about Ayla

is still alive, will you

didn't really want to hear him say

was the only one who knew that Ayla had returned

won't answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as

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

his heart, Ayla had become his

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

the intimacy between Ayla

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

turned around and said, "We need to

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

his waist from behind

please don't

to not think