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.

would not let

shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

action yet because of

Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he

two years, Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum had asked

knew that these illegal transactions would

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

was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced

smoking the

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

he couldn't leave

his father hadn't told him everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered so

had still been a helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several

his father had died, he had

to him when Tatum had approached Lucas

what hatred meant to him.He

him to Thailand and put him through a

made Lucas stronger and taught him everything

back

Brian turn around the moment they entered the living

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

wanted to

wooden tombstone that Ayla

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

was the reason behind

get the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still as

light in the dim corner of the

about her?" she asked,

anything.Instead, he took a drag

if he thought about Ayla

she is still alive,

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

one who knew that Ayla had returned on the

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

only been signed on, but hadn't been

his heart, Ayla had become

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

the intimacy between Ayla and

Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts

around and said, "We need to stop talking

off all his thoughts as

around his waist from behind as she

please don't think

not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget