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.

would not let

and Brian considered this

"I see."

any action

knew that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave

years, Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum

questions asked.He knew that these illegal

forget what you've been working towards all these years,"

that was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner, step by

been smoking

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

couldn't leave

before he had passed

watch as several men raped his mother while his father,

had died, he had asked Lucas to take

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached

to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his head

taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous,

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he

Anna back

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian

walk.You should go to bed early," Brian

wanted to go to the

tombstone that Ayla had

recalled that Ayla had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But

was the reason

to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him

in the dim corner of the

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up to

anything.Instead, he took a drag

matter if he

alive, will

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

was the only one who knew that Ayla

her a

marriage had only been signed on,

heart, Ayla had become

Ayla is alive, she might be with another man,

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

was still alive, and he still loved her,

need to stop

thoughts as he strode furiously back to

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as

please don't

think about Ayla, he would eventually forget about