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 him get away

shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

any action yet because

would definitely leave

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 him

what you've been

Tatum had done.He had forced

smoking the whole

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

he couldn't leave this

he had passed away, he

as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient, was admitted to

father had died, he had asked Lucas

when Tatum had approached Lucas with

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

taken him to Thailand and put him through

made Lucas stronger and taught him

back to the

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

walk.You should

wanted to go to

he stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had

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

reason behind it

up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him

dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between

about her?" she

he took a drag from his

didn't matter if

she is still alive, will you still

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

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

her a withering look as he put out the

marriage had only been signed

in his heart, Ayla

Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

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

and said, "We need

off all his thoughts as he

around his waist from behind as she caught up to

don't think about

conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he