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

had shot Ayla, and

"I see."

action yet because of

would definitely leave him.And he

tried his best to

these illegal transactions would put him in

what you've

exactly what Tatum had done.He had

smoking

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

couldn't leave

him everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered

to watch as several men raped his

his father had died, he had asked Lucas to take

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with

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

then taken him to Thailand and put him through a

and taught him everything he needed to exact

back

Brian turn around the moment they entered the

for a walk.You should go to

to go to

wooden tombstone that

living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared in

was the reason

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

corner of the backyard was

thinking about her?" she

took a

didn't matter if

still alive, will you still

know, although she didn't really want to hear

only one who knew that Ayla had returned on the

throwing her a withering look as he

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed

his heart, Ayla had

she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved

and said, "We need to stop talking about

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

after him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught

don't think about

effort to not think about Ayla, he would