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 get away with

shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

action

Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine

years, Lucas had tried his best to do

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

not forcing you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've

done.He had forced Lucas into a corner, step

had been smoking

realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was

he couldn't leave this

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

as several men raped his mother

he

when Tatum had approached Lucas

too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely

taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact

back to

she watched Brian

a walk.You should go to bed

wanted to go

tombstone that Ayla had

commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared

was the reason behind it

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

light in the dim corner of the backyard was

about her?" she asked,

say anything.Instead, he took a

didn't matter if

she is still alive, will

didn't really want to

the only one who knew that Ayla had

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

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but

in his heart, Ayla had become

with another man, or she

thought that the intimacy between Ayla

Brian knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts in getting

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

thoughts as he

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

please don't

effort to not think about