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

Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

any action yet because

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

Lucas had tried his best to

these illegal transactions would

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

had forced Lucas into a corner,

been smoking the

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

he couldn't leave

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

made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient, was admitted

died, he

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

had been too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had

then taken him to Thailand and

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he

back to the

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn

should go

just wanted to go

stood by the wooden tombstone

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

the reason

chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw

the backyard was

her?" she asked,

anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

didn't matter if

still alive, will you still love

had to know, although she didn't really want

who knew that Ayla had returned on the same flight

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

had only been

heart, Ayla

alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened

intimacy between Ayla

knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would

need

all his thoughts as he strode furiously

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

don't think

a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually