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

and Brian considered this

"I see."

action yet because

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

tried his best to do

no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would

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

had forced Lucas into a

been smoking

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

he couldn't leave

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

helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient, was admitted

he

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached

too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He

Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

and taught him

back to the

as she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the living

walk.You should go to

to go to

wooden tombstone that Ayla

had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared

reason behind

it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still

dim corner of the backyard was the

her?" she

he took

him, it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

still alive, will you still love

although she didn't really want to hear him

only one who knew that Ayla had returned on

hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as

had only been

heart, Ayla had

two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here,"

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

still loved her, he

and said, "We need to stop talking

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to

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

please don't think

effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget