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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

action yet because of

knew that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely

the past two years, Lucas had tried his best to do

that these illegal transactions would put

forcing you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all these years,"

exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas

smoking the

looked out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood,

couldn't leave this

hadn't told him everything before he had

made to watch as several men raped his mother

died, he had asked

presented itself to him when Tatum had

had been too young to understand what hatred meant

him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

him everything he needed

drove Anna back to

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

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

wanted to

by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

the reason behind

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

corner of the backyard was

still thinking about her?"

he took a

if he

still alive, will you still

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

the only one who knew that Ayla had

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

been

in his heart, Ayla had

Ayla is alive, she might be with another man,

thought that the intimacy between Ayla

alive, and he still loved her, he would

said, "We need to

as he strode furiously back to

arms around his waist from behind as she caught

don't think about

to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget