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.

Brian would not let him get away with

and Brian

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

took Brian down, Ayla would definitely

past two years, Lucas had tried his best to

Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did not

shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all these

had done.He had

been smoking the whole

out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which

couldn't leave

before he had passed away, he might not have suffered

helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his

had died, he had asked Lucas to

itself to him when Tatum

what hatred meant to

Thailand and put him

had made Lucas stronger and taught him

drove Anna back to the

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

should go to

wanted to go to the

the wooden tombstone that

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

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

her?" she asked,

anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

him, it didn't matter if he thought about

alive, will you still love

didn't really

the only one who knew that

her a withering look as he put out the

marriage had only been signed

Ayla had become his

Ayla is alive, she might be with another

the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

Ayla was still alive, and he still loved

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

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to

his

please don't think about

effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget