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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

any action yet because of

if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he

Lucas had tried his best to

knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did not

forget what you've been working towards

Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into

had been smoking

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

he couldn't

his father hadn't told him everything before he had passed

as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient, was

father had died, he had

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

what hatred meant to

then taken him to Thailand and put him through

made Lucas stronger and taught him

Anna back to the

Brian

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

wanted to go

wooden tombstone that

and had tried to commit suicide,

reason behind it

her? Anna followed him out

light in the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between

her?" she asked,

took a

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

still alive, will

to know, although she didn't really

only one who knew that Ayla had returned on the

your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her

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

heart, Ayla had become his legitimate

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

thought that the intimacy between

still alive, and he still loved her, he would

need to stop

thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

after him, wrapping her arms around his

please don't

effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually