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

had shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

taken any action yet

Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't

tried his best to do what Tatum

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

Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've

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

been smoking the

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

he couldn't leave

he had passed away, he might

being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a

father had died, he had asked Lucas to

when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

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

taken him to Thailand and put him through

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact

back

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn

a walk.You should go

to go

the wooden tombstone that

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

reason behind

her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there,

dim corner of the backyard was the

you still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up

anything.Instead, he took a drag

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

is still alive, will you still

had to know, although she didn't really want

the only one who knew that Ayla

your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as

marriage had only been signed on, but

heart, Ayla had become his legitimate

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

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

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

said, "We need to stop

shook off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as

don't think about

conscious effort to not think