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

and Brian considered this

"I see."

taken any action

took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave

years, Lucas had tried his best to

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

forget what you've been working

had forced Lucas into a corner, step by

been smoking the whole

window, realizing with a wrench of his gut

he couldn't leave

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

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

died, he

itself to him when Tatum had

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

then taken him to Thailand and

taught him everything he needed to exact his

back to

Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the

should go to bed early,"

wanted to go to

wooden tombstone that

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

was the reason behind it

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

the backyard was the cigarette flickering between his

you still thinking about her?" she asked,

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

him, it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

still alive, will you still love

know, although she didn't really want to

knew that Ayla had returned on

said, throwing her a withering look as

only been signed on, but

in his heart, Ayla had become his

with another man, or she might have

the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he

and said, "We need to stop talking

as he strode furiously

arms around his

don't think about

think