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

Ayla, and

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet

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

had tried his best to do what Tatum

illegal transactions would

Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working towards

Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner,

smoking

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

couldn't leave

had passed away, he might not

child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart

had died, he

him when Tatum

hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his head in

and put him through a rigorous, harsh

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed

Anna back

she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the

walk.You should

just wanted to

the wooden tombstone

crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that

the reason behind it

her? Anna followed him out and

of the backyard was the cigarette

still thinking about her?" she

say anything.Instead, he took a

if

she is still alive, will you still love

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

was the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on

your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on,

Ayla had

know.It has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here," Anna

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

still alive, and he still loved

and said, "We need to

as he strode furiously back to

after him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught

don't think

to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget