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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

any action yet

Ayla would

years, Lucas had tried his best to

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

you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all these years,"

had done.He had

smoking

looked out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his

couldn't leave this

before he had passed away, he might not have suffered so

to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient, was admitted to

he had asked Lucas to

Tatum had

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

taken him to Thailand and

him everything he needed to exact his

Anna back to

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian

walk.You should go

to go

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

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

the reason behind

chance to make it up to her? Anna followed

light in the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

you still thinking about her?" she

didn't say anything.Instead, he took a

matter if he thought

still alive, will you still love

although she didn't really want to hear him

one who knew that Ayla

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

marriage had only been signed on,

heart, Ayla had become

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

intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

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

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

his thoughts as he strode furiously

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

please don't

a conscious effort to not think about