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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

action

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

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

Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal

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

had forced Lucas into a

been smoking

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

couldn't

him everything before he had passed away, he might not have

time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while

his father had died, he had asked

Tatum had

understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his head in

to Thailand and put him

made Lucas stronger and taught him everything

back to the

Brian turn around the moment they entered the living

walk.You should go to bed

to go to

tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

that Ayla had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

was the reason behind

to her? Anna followed him

of the backyard was

you still thinking about her?" she asked, walking

say anything.Instead, he took a

him, it didn't matter if he thought about

still alive, will you

know, although she didn't

the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on the same

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

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on,

Ayla had become his legitimate

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

between Ayla and

still loved her, he would put all his efforts in

around and said, "We need

thoughts as he

after him, wrapping her arms around his waist

please don't think about

Brian made a conscious effort to not think