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.

not let

Ayla, and

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

if he took Brian down, Ayla would

tried his best to do what Tatum had asked

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

you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've

that was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner,

been smoking

with a wrench of his gut

he couldn't leave this

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

watch as several men raped his mother while

he

presented itself to him when Tatum had

hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his

then taken him to Thailand and put him through a

him everything he needed to exact

drove Anna back

Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they

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

to go

by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

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

reason

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

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

her?" she asked, walking

took

didn't matter if

still alive, will you

had to know, although she didn't really want to

was the only one who knew that

her a withering look as he

only been signed on, but hadn't

his heart, Ayla

years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that

between Ayla and

still loved her, he would put all his efforts in getting her

around and said, "We need to stop talking

as he strode furiously back to the

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his

please don't

effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget about