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

had shot Ayla, and

"I see."

any action yet because

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

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

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

forget what you've

exactly what Tatum had done.He had

been smoking the whole

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

he couldn't

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

still been a helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while

had died, he

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

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

taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous,

him

Anna back

as she watched Brian

going out for a walk.You should go

just wanted to go to

wooden tombstone that Ayla

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

the reason behind it

her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing

in the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette

her?" she asked, walking

took a drag from his

matter if he thought about Ayla or

alive,

had to know, although she didn't really want

who knew that Ayla had

throwing her a withering look as he put

had only been signed

his heart, Ayla had

alive, she might be with another

the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

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

"We need to stop talking about

shook off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

his waist from behind as she caught

please don't think

effort to not think about Ayla,