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

had shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

Ayla would

had tried his best to do what Tatum had asked of

that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup,

shouldn't forget what you've

had forced

had been smoking

a wrench of his gut that Antawood,

he couldn't leave this

father hadn't told him everything before he had

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

had died, he had asked Lucas to

to him when Tatum had approached Lucas

meant to him.He

Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

made Lucas stronger and taught him

back to

she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the

going out for a walk.You should go to

to go

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

commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

was the reason behind it

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

of the backyard was the

about her?" she asked,

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

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

still alive, will you

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

the only one who knew that Ayla

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

been signed on, but hadn't been

his heart, Ayla had

with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here,"

intimacy between Ayla

knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved

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

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

his waist from behind as she caught

don't think

effort to not think about Ayla, he