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 him get away with

shot Ayla, and

"I see."

any action yet because of

knew that if he took Brian down, Ayla would

had tried his

that these illegal transactions would

you've been

had forced Lucas into

had been smoking the whole

with a wrench of his gut

couldn't leave this

before he had passed

being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his

father had died, he had asked Lucas

Tatum had approached Lucas

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

Thailand and

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact his

back

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

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

just wanted to go

he stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had

suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

reason behind

get the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him

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

still thinking about her?"

he took a drag

him, it didn't matter if

is still alive,

she didn't really want to hear him

knew that Ayla had returned on the

throwing her a withering

been signed on,

Ayla had become

is alive, she might be with

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

he still

"We need to stop talking about her.Let's

all his thoughts as he

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

please don't think

conscious effort to not think about