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 Brian considered

"I see."

taken any action yet because

would definitely leave him.And he

had tried his best

knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did

you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've

Tatum had done.He had forced

been smoking the

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

couldn't leave this

told him everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered

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

father had died, he had

itself to him when Tatum

understand what hatred meant to him.He had

Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

taught him everything

drove Anna back to the

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

should go to bed

just wanted to go to the

tombstone that

crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and

reason

it up to her? Anna followed

the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

you still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up

say anything.Instead, he took a drag from

didn't matter if

she is still alive, will

she didn't really want to hear him say

only one who knew that

throwing her a withering look as he

had only been

Ayla had become his legitimate

might be with

that the intimacy between Ayla and

he still loved her,

need

as he strode furiously back to

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his waist

don't think

Brian made a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he