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

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because of

Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And

two years, Lucas had tried his

that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he

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

had

been smoking

looked out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood,

couldn't

told him everything before he had passed away, he

several men raped his mother while his father, a

father had died, he had

Tatum had approached Lucas

meant to him.He had merely nodded his head

Thailand and put him through

stronger and taught him

Anna back

are you going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around

walk.You should go to

to go to

he stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

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

was the reason

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

corner of the backyard was

thinking about her?" she asked, walking up to

say anything.Instead, he took a

didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

alive, will you

had to know, although she didn't really

that Ayla

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

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but hadn't been

heart, Ayla

has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts in

"We need

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as

please don't think

a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he