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 with

Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

action yet because

Brian down, Ayla would definitely

Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum

no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would

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

exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced

been smoking the whole

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

couldn't leave this

father hadn't told him everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered

been 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

his father had died, he

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition

hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his head

then taken him to Thailand and put him

taught him everything he needed

back to

she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the living

a walk.You should go to

to go to

he stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

was the reason behind

to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still as a

dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between

you still thinking about her?" she

took a drag from

didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

alive,

although she didn't really want

knew that Ayla had returned on the same flight

Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put out

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but

in his heart, Ayla had become his

if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here," Anna

between

Brian knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts in getting

said, "We need

shook off all his thoughts as

his waist from behind as she caught up

don't

conscious effort to not think about Ayla,