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.

let him get away

Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

any action yet because

if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And

the past two years, Lucas had tried his best to do what

wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal

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

had done.He had forced

had been smoking

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

he couldn't leave

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

child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother

died, he had

Tatum had

meant to him.He had merely nodded his

had then taken him to Thailand and put him through

him everything he needed

back to

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

a walk.You should go to bed

to go

stood by the wooden tombstone

here and had tried to commit suicide,

the reason behind

to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him

corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between

about her?" she

took a drag from his

matter if

she is still alive, will you

know, although she didn't really want to

knew that Ayla

answer your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering

marriage had only been signed

Ayla had become

has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened

thought that the intimacy between

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

said, "We need to stop talking about

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

her arms around his

please don't

a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would