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.

would not let him

Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

taken any action yet because

down, Ayla would definitely leave

the past two years, Lucas had tried his

get whatever Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him

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

Tatum had done.He had forced

had been smoking the whole

wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now

he couldn't

him everything before he had passed

as several men raped his mother while

died, he had asked

him when Tatum had approached Lucas with

meant to him.He had merely nodded his

him to Thailand and

made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed

drove Anna back to

Brian turn

for a walk.You should go to bed early," Brian

wanted to go

wooden tombstone that

Ayla had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide,

reason behind

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

in the dim corner of the backyard was the

about her?" she asked,

took

matter if he thought about Ayla or

still alive, will you still love

didn't really want to hear him

the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on

Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put out

had only been signed on, but hadn't

in his heart, Ayla

is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

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

need to

thoughts as

him, wrapping her arms around his waist

don't think

made a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he