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 away

Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because of

he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he

had tried his best to do

knew that these illegal transactions would put him

not forcing you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working

had done.He had forced

had been smoking the whole

gut that

he couldn't leave

everything before he had passed away, he

a helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient, was admitted to the

died, he had asked Lucas to

him when Tatum

what hatred meant to him.He had merely

and put him through a rigorous, harsh

taught him everything he

Anna back

she watched Brian turn

out for a walk.You should go to bed

to go to

wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

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

was the reason

ever get the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed

corner of the backyard

her?" she asked, walking up to

he took a drag

matter if he thought

alive, will you still

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

who knew that Ayla had returned on the same

hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on,

heart, Ayla

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

between Ayla and Lucas was

he still loved her, he would put

"We need to stop talking

off all his thoughts as he strode

his waist from

don't think

Brian made a conscious effort to not think about