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 get

shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

any action yet because of

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

past two years, Lucas had tried his

illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he

what you've been working towards all these

done.He had forced Lucas into a corner, step

smoking the

window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once

couldn't

he had passed

at the time, being made to watch as several

he

when Tatum had approached Lucas

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

taken him to Thailand and put him

taught him everything he needed to

Anna back

as she watched Brian turn around

a walk.You should go

to go to

by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had

here and had tried to commit suicide,

reason behind

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

dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

thinking about her?" she asked,

didn't say anything.Instead, he took a

didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

still alive, will you still love

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

one who knew that Ayla had returned

said, throwing her a withering look as he

marriage had only been signed on, but

heart, Ayla had

been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

still alive, and he still loved her, he would put

around and said, "We need to

his thoughts as

around his waist from behind as she

please don't think

effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually