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

had shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

action yet because

Brian down, Ayla would definitely

his best to

questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions

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

what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner,

had been smoking

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

couldn't

had

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

he had asked Lucas to take

when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

been too young to understand what hatred meant

to Thailand and

taught him

back

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they

going out for a walk.You should go to

just wanted to go to the

stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept

reason

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

in the dim corner of the backyard was

you still thinking about her?"

took a drag from

matter if he thought about

still alive, will you still love

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

only one who knew that Ayla

said, throwing her

been signed on, but hadn't been

his heart, Ayla had become

might be with another man, or

between Ayla and Lucas

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

and said, "We need to stop talking

off all his thoughts as he strode

arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't

a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget