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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

taken any action yet

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

tried his best

whatever Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in

you've been working towards

was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas

had been smoking

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

couldn't

he had passed away, he might

as several men raped his mother while his father, a

he had asked

him when Tatum had approached

young to understand what hatred meant to

had then taken him to Thailand and put

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact

drove Anna back to

you going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around

going out for a walk.You should

just wanted to

he stood by the wooden tombstone

Ayla had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

reason behind it

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

corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between his

thinking about her?" she asked, walking

took a drag

didn't matter if he thought about

alive,

to know, although she didn't really want to

who knew that Ayla had returned on the same flight

answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a

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

in his heart, Ayla had become

with another man, or she might have forgotten everything

that the intimacy between Ayla

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

need to stop talking about

thoughts as he

her arms around his waist

please don't

not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget about