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.

let him get away with

shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

action yet because

knew that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his

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

illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did

what you've been working towards

had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner, step

been smoking the whole

a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once

he couldn't

before he had passed

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

had died, he

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

been too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He

taken him to Thailand and put

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to

drove Anna back to

are you going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered

a walk.You should

to go to

stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla

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

reason behind

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

dim corner of the backyard was the

her?" she asked,

anything.Instead, he took a drag

didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

still alive, will you still

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

that Ayla

questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed

his heart, Ayla had

is alive, she might be with another man,

between Ayla and Lucas

was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts in getting her

said, "We need to stop talking about

as he strode furiously back

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his

don't

conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget about