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.

let

shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet

Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And

the past two years, Lucas had tried his best to do what

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

shouldn't forget what you've been working

had done.He had

smoking

gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now

he couldn't leave

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

watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a

his father had died, he had asked Lucas to

itself to him when Tatum had approached

hatred meant to him.He had merely

Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

made Lucas stronger and taught him

drove Anna back to

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

for a walk.You should

wanted to go to

the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

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

was the reason

it up to her? Anna followed

the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette

still thinking about her?" she asked,

didn't say anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

matter if he

she is still alive, will you still

although she didn't really want to

was the only one who knew that

questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering

only been signed

in his heart, Ayla had become his

know.It has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened

between Ayla and

and he still loved

turned around and said, "We need to stop

all his thoughts as he strode

after him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't think about

to not think about Ayla, he