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

had shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

taken any action yet because

down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his

tried his best to do what Tatum had asked of

get whatever Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would

not forcing you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been

done.He had forced Lucas into a corner, step by

been smoking the whole

looked out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now something he

couldn't

hadn't told him everything before he had passed

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

his father had died, he had asked Lucas to

Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

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

Thailand and put him through a rigorous,

taught him everything he needed

Anna back to

are you going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around

walk.You should go

to go

the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's heart

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

was the reason

to her? Anna followed him out

the backyard was the cigarette

about her?" she asked, walking up to

he took a

didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

still alive, will you still love

didn't really want to hear

that Ayla had returned

throwing her a withering look as he put

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

heart, Ayla had become his

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

intimacy between

was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his

need to stop talking about

shook off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

don't

not think about