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

Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

taken any action yet because

Ayla would definitely leave him.And

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

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

forget what you've been working towards all these

done.He had

smoking

the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now something he

he couldn't

everything before he had

still been a helpless child 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 take

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had

what hatred meant to him.He

and put him through a

Lucas stronger and taught him

Anna back

as she watched Brian turn around the moment they

should go to bed

wanted to go to

by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared in

reason behind

to make it up to her? Anna followed

in the dim corner of the backyard

about her?" she

took a drag from

if he thought about

is still alive, will you still love

know, although she didn't really want to hear him

was the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on the same flight

questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he

had only been signed on, but hadn't

in his heart, Ayla had

might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here," Anna

the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

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

"We need to stop talking

as he strode furiously back to the

around his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't

not think