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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because

would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his life

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

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

Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working towards

exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced

smoking

looked out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now

he couldn't leave this

he had passed away,

being made to watch as several men raped his

he had asked Lucas to take

Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his

and

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to

drove Anna back

watched Brian turn around

should go to bed early," Brian

just wanted to

by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

and had tried to commit suicide, and that

the reason behind it

up to her? Anna

of the backyard was the

thinking about her?" she asked,

didn't say anything.Instead, he took

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

alive,

she didn't really want to hear

that

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

Ayla's marriage had only been signed

Ayla had

might be with another man, or she might

the intimacy between Ayla and

Brian knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved

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

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his waist

please don't think about

effort to not think about Ayla, he would