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 with

Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

any action yet because

Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his

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

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

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

exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into

smoking

window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that

couldn't leave

everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered

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

his father had died, he had asked Lucas to

presented itself to him when Tatum had approached

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

had then taken him to Thailand and put him through a

him everything

drove Anna back to

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they

out for a walk.You should go to bed early," Brian

just wanted to go to the

tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's heart

tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared in the

was the reason behind it

he ever get the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed

the backyard was

about her?" she asked, walking up

didn't say anything.Instead, he took

didn't matter if he thought

alive, will you still love

she didn't really want

that Ayla had returned on the same

questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering

had only been signed on,

his heart, Ayla had

she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten

between Ayla and

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

turned around and said, "We need

as he strode furiously back

arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't think about

not think