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

Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

action yet

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

two years, Lucas had tried his

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

shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all these years," Tatum

exactly what Tatum had done.He had

smoking the

of his gut that Antawood,

couldn't leave

before he had passed away, he might not have

had still been a helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his

he had asked

Tatum had approached Lucas

understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely

him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

stronger and taught him everything he needed

Anna back

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

out for a walk.You should go to bed early," Brian

just wanted to

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

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

reason

to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still as a

the dim corner of the

thinking about her?" she asked, walking up to

say anything.Instead, he took a drag

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

alive, will you still

had to know, although she didn't really

that

won't answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put

been signed on,

in his heart, Ayla

if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here," Anna

intimacy between Ayla and

he still loved her, he would put all his efforts in

around and said, "We need to

thoughts as he

after him, wrapping her arms around his

don't think about

to not think about Ayla,