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

shot Ayla, and

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his life without

years, Lucas had tried his best to

no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would

forget what you've been

exactly what Tatum had done.He had

been smoking the

wrench of his gut that Antawood,

couldn't

his father hadn't told him everything before he had passed away, he might

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

had died, he

him when Tatum had approached Lucas

young to understand what hatred meant to him.He

Thailand and

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he

Anna back to the

Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment

should go to

to go

wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

tried to commit suicide, and

was the reason behind it

make it up to her? Anna

corner of the backyard was the

thinking about her?"

didn't say anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

him, it didn't matter if he thought

she is still alive, will you still love

she didn't really want to hear

was the only one who knew that Ayla

won't answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering

been signed

heart, Ayla

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

intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put

said, "We need to

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she

don't

Brian made a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he