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

had shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

knew that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And

years, Lucas had tried his best to do

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

forget what you've been working towards all

Tatum had done.He had

smoking the

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

he couldn't

he had passed away, he might

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

he had asked Lucas

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

too young to understand what hatred meant

Thailand and put him through a

Lucas stronger and taught him everything

drove Anna back to

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian

walk.You should

wanted to go to the

he stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

to commit suicide, and that

reason behind

up to her? Anna followed him out

dim corner of the

you still thinking about her?" she asked,

anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

if he thought about

she is still alive, will you still

know, although she didn't really want

who knew that Ayla had returned on the same flight

Brian said, throwing her a withering look

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but hadn't been

his heart, Ayla had

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

intimacy between

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

"We need to stop talking

thoughts as he

arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't think

effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually