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 get away

had shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

any action yet

would definitely

the past two years, Lucas had tried his

Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did not

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

had done.He had forced

had been smoking the whole

a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which

he couldn't

had passed away, he might not have suffered

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

had died, he had

presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas

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

Thailand and

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact

drove Anna back to

watched Brian turn around the moment they

a walk.You should go to bed early,"

wanted to go

tombstone that Ayla had built,

and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

the reason behind

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

the dim corner of the backyard

her?" she

didn't say anything.Instead, he took

it didn't matter if

is still alive, will you

she didn't really

that Ayla had returned on the same

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

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but

in his heart, Ayla had

is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that

that the intimacy between Ayla

still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all

need

as he strode furiously back to the

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught

please don't think about

to not think about Ayla, he would