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

and

"I see."

taken any action

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

years, Lucas had tried his best to do what

questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would

you've been working towards all these

that was exactly what Tatum had done.He had

had been smoking the

realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which

couldn't leave this

told him everything before he had passed away,

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

had died, he had asked Lucas

when Tatum had approached Lucas

too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had

had then taken him to Thailand and put

made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to

Anna back to the

watched Brian turn around the moment

a walk.You should go to bed

to go

tombstone that

commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared

reason behind

it up to her? Anna

the dim corner of the backyard

thinking about her?" she asked, walking up to

took a drag from his

didn't matter if

still alive, will

although she didn't really want to hear him say

only one who knew that Ayla

won't answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put out

had only been signed on, but

in his heart, Ayla had become

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

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

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

around and said, "We need to stop talking about

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

her arms around his waist from behind as she caught up

don't think

effort to not think about