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

had shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because of

down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And

had tried his best to do what

questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would

what you've been working towards all these years," Tatum

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

smoking the whole

wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was

he couldn't

had passed away, he might not have

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

had died, he had asked Lucas

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with

understand what hatred meant to him.He

had then taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

and taught him everything he needed to exact his

drove Anna back

as she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the living

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

to go

wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

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

reason

chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him

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

still thinking about her?" she asked,

anything.Instead, he took a drag

matter if he

is still alive, will you

although she didn't really want to

one who knew that Ayla had

throwing her

marriage had only been signed on, but hadn't been

Ayla

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

between Ayla

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

and said, "We need to stop talking about

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

after him, wrapping her arms around his waist

please don't think about

think about Ayla, he would eventually forget about