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 him get

shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

action yet because of

took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't

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

asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him

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

what Tatum had done.He had

had been smoking the whole

wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now something he

couldn't

told him everything before he had passed

had still been a helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother

died, he had asked Lucas to take

presented itself to him when Tatum

understand what hatred meant to him.He had

to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to

drove Anna back

she watched Brian turn around

going out for a walk.You should go to

just wanted to go

tombstone that Ayla had built,

recalled that Ayla had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had

was the reason behind it

chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him

the dim corner of the

her?" she asked, walking up

anything.Instead, he took a drag

matter if he thought

is still alive, will you still love

although she didn't really want to hear him say

that Ayla had returned

Brian said, throwing her a withering look

Ayla's marriage had only been signed

his heart, Ayla had

Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

still loved her, he would

need to

as

around his waist

please don't

conscious effort to not think about