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 him get

Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

any action yet because of

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

tried his

whatever Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a

forget what you've been working

what Tatum had done.He had

been smoking

wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his

he couldn't

hadn't told him everything before he had

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

father had died, he had asked Lucas to

him when Tatum had

young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded

Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

taught him everything he needed to

drove Anna back to

Brian turn around the

should go to bed

just wanted to go to the

stood by the wooden tombstone that

had tried to commit suicide, and that

was the reason behind

Anna

corner of the backyard was the

thinking about her?"

he took a drag

matter if he thought about Ayla or

still alive,

know, although she didn't really want to hear him

that Ayla

Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put out

only been signed on,

Ayla had become his legitimate

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

thought that the intimacy between Ayla

Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts in

need to stop talking about

as he strode furiously back

his waist from behind as she

don't

think