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

had shot Ayla, and

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because

down, Ayla would definitely

two years, Lucas had tried his best to do

knew that these illegal transactions would put him in

forget what you've been working towards all these years,"

exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner, step

had been smoking the whole

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

couldn't leave

before he had passed away, he

as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart

his father had died, he had

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

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

him to Thailand and put him through

and taught him everything he

Anna back to

are you going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian

going out for a walk.You should go to bed early,"

just wanted to go

stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's heart

had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian

the reason behind

to her? Anna followed him out and saw him

in the dim corner of the

thinking about her?"

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

matter if he thought

still alive, will

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

was the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on

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

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but

his heart, Ayla had become his legitimate

with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

he still

said, "We need to stop

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his waist

don't think about

think about Ayla, he would eventually