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 with

and

"I see."

action yet because

he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave

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

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

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

had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner,

smoking

realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now something

he couldn't

had passed away, he might not have

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

he

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

understand what hatred meant to him.He had

taken him to Thailand and put him through

taught him everything

drove Anna back to

as she watched Brian turn

going out for a walk.You should go to

wanted to

he stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept

reason behind

he ever get the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still as

the backyard was the

you still thinking about her?"

say anything.Instead, he took

matter if

still alive, will you still

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

only one who knew that Ayla had returned on

said, throwing her a withering look

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

his heart, Ayla had

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

the intimacy between Ayla and

he still loved

"We need to stop

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to

arms around his waist from behind as she

please don't think about

to not think