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.

let him get away

Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

action yet because

took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave

years, Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum

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

you've been working

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

been smoking the

realizing with a wrench of his gut that

he couldn't leave this

him everything before he had passed away,

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

father had died, he had asked Lucas to take

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas

young to understand what hatred meant to

him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact

back to the

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian

walk.You should go to bed early," Brian

wanted to go to the

he stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

commit suicide,

was the reason

Anna

the backyard was the cigarette flickering between his

her?" she asked, walking up

say anything.Instead, he took a drag

if he thought

is still alive,

to know, although she didn't really want

who knew that Ayla had returned on

won't answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her

only been signed

Ayla had

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

intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

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

around and said, "We need to stop

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to

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

please don't think

a conscious effort to not think