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

"I see."

action yet

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

years, Lucas had tried his best to do

that these illegal transactions would put him in a

shouldn't forget what you've been working towards

exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a

been smoking the

looked out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that

couldn't

hadn't told him everything before he had passed away,

made to watch as several men raped

his father had died, he had asked Lucas

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded

had then taken him to Thailand and put him

him everything he

drove Anna back to

Brian

walk.You should go to bed early,"

to go to

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

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

was the reason behind

it up to her? Anna followed

the

about her?" she asked, walking up

anything.Instead, he took a drag from

it didn't matter if he thought about

still alive, will you

to know, although she didn't really want to hear him say

who knew that Ayla had

questions," Brian said, throwing her

had only been signed on, but hadn't

his heart, Ayla had become

with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here,"

between Ayla and

knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved

need to stop talking about her.Let's

shook off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

his waist from behind as she caught up

don't think

think about Ayla,