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.

not let him get away with

had shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his

Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum had asked of

get whatever Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in

shouldn't forget what you've been

had done.He had forced Lucas into

been smoking

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

couldn't leave this

had

as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient,

he had asked Lucas to take

Tatum had

what hatred meant to

Thailand and put him through a

and taught him everything he needed to exact his

back to

she watched Brian turn around the

walk.You should go to bed early,"

just wanted to go to

tombstone that Ayla had built,

had tried to commit suicide, and that

was the reason

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

light in the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

her?" she asked, walking

took a drag

if he thought about Ayla or

alive,

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

knew that Ayla had returned on the same

questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he

had only been signed on, but hadn't

in his heart, Ayla had become his

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

the intimacy between

Brian knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all

need to stop talking about her.Let's

thoughts as he strode

after him, wrapping her arms around his waist

don't

Brian made a conscious effort to not think