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 him get away

Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

any action

Ayla would definitely leave him.And he

the past two years, Lucas had tried his best

questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would

Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working towards

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

had been smoking the whole

wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once

he couldn't

his father hadn't told him everything before he had passed

child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father,

he

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

understand what hatred meant to him.He

taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

made Lucas stronger and taught him

drove Anna back to the

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they

for a walk.You should

wanted to go to the

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

tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But

was the reason

Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still

corner of the backyard was the cigarette

about her?" she asked,

didn't say anything.Instead, he took

him, it didn't matter if he thought about

is still alive, will you still

she didn't really want to hear him say

that Ayla had returned on the

her a withering look as he put out the

been signed on,

in his heart, Ayla had become his

might be with another man, or she

intimacy between Ayla and

was still alive, and he still loved her, he

around and said, "We need to stop talking about her.Let's

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

around his waist

don't think about

conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually