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 get away

and

"I see."

hadn't taken any action

Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he

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

knew that these illegal transactions would put him in

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

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

smoking

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

he couldn't leave

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

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

his father had died, he had

Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded

him to Thailand and put him

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to

Anna back

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

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

to go

the wooden tombstone that

had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully

the reason behind

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

light in the dim corner of the

her?" she asked, walking up

say anything.Instead, he took a drag

matter if he

she is still alive, will you

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

the only one who knew that Ayla

throwing her a withering

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

Ayla

if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have

the intimacy between

still loved

and said, "We need to stop talking

shook off all his thoughts as he

him, wrapping her arms around his waist

please don't

conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would