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.

let him get

Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

any action yet because of

if he took Brian down, Ayla would

had tried his best to do what Tatum had

knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a

shouldn't forget what you've been working towards

had forced

smoking the

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

couldn't leave

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

as several men raped his mother while

his father had died, he had asked Lucas

when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition

understand what hatred meant to

and

taught him everything he needed to

Anna back to

Brian turn around

walk.You should go to bed

to

tombstone

suicide, and that Brian had

reason

he ever get the chance to make it up to her? Anna

of the

about her?" she asked, walking

didn't say anything.Instead, he took a drag from

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

still alive, will you

had to know, although she didn't really want to hear

who knew that Ayla had returned on

your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put

been

in his heart, Ayla had become his

know.It has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that

between Ayla and Lucas was

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

"We need to stop talking

all his thoughts as he

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

don't think about

not think about