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 him get away with

and Brian considered

"I see."

any action yet because of

took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his life without

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

illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he

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

done.He had forced Lucas

smoking the whole

the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood,

couldn't leave this

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

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

he had asked Lucas to take

when Tatum had approached Lucas with

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

had then taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

taught him everything he

back to

watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the living

walk.You should go to bed early," Brian

just wanted to go to

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

here and had tried to commit suicide, and

was the reason behind

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

the backyard was the cigarette flickering between his

you still thinking about her?" she asked,

took a

it didn't matter if he thought

still alive, will you still

had to know, although she didn't really want to

who knew that Ayla had returned on

answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering

had only been signed on,

Ayla had become

she might be with another man, or she might have

the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

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

need to

thoughts as

his waist from behind as she

don't

conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he