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.

Brian would not let him

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

any action yet because of

down, Ayla would

tried his best to do what Tatum

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

what you've been working towards all these

had forced Lucas into

had been smoking the

his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now something he

couldn't

him everything before he had

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

had died, he had asked Lucas to take

presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

too young to understand what hatred meant

Thailand and put him through a rigorous,

Lucas stronger and taught him

drove Anna back to

as she watched Brian turn around

a walk.You should go to bed early,"

wanted to go

the wooden tombstone

to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

the reason

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

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

her?"

say anything.Instead, he took a drag from

him, it didn't matter if he thought about

alive, will you still love

had to know, although she didn't really want

was the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on the

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

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but

in his heart, Ayla had become his

with another man, or she might have forgotten everything

between Ayla and Lucas

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

and said, "We need to

thoughts as he strode furiously

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his waist

don't think about

to not think about Ayla, he