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

and Brian considered

"I see."

action yet

that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his life

the past two years, Lucas had tried his best to

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

what you've been working towards all these

had forced Lucas into a corner, step

smoking the whole

of his gut that Antawood, which was once

couldn't leave this

before he had passed away, he might not have

as several men raped his

he had asked Lucas to take

presented itself to him when Tatum had approached

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

and put him through

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to

Anna back

Brian turn

walk.You should go to bed

wanted to go

tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

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

reason behind

Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still

only light in the dim corner of the

her?" she asked, walking up

anything.Instead, he took

it didn't matter if he

is still alive, will you still love

had to know, although she didn't really want

the only one who knew that Ayla had

answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering

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

his heart, Ayla

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

that the intimacy between Ayla

that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all

and said, "We need

shook off all his thoughts as he strode

his waist from behind

don't think

Brian made a conscious effort to not think about Ayla,