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 away

shot Ayla, and

"I see."

action yet because of

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

tried his best to do what Tatum had

questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him

shouldn't forget what you've been working

what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a

been smoking

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

couldn't leave this

he had passed away, he might not

several men raped his mother

father had died, he had asked Lucas

to him when Tatum had

to understand what hatred meant to him.He had

him to Thailand and put him through a

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact

Anna back to the

Brian turn around the

should go

wanted to go to the

wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's heart

suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept

reason

to her? Anna followed him out and

corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up

anything.Instead, he took

matter if he

is still alive,

know, although she didn't

that Ayla had returned

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

only been signed on, but hadn't been

Ayla

she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here,"

thought that the intimacy between Ayla

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

"We need to stop

as

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught

don't

not think about Ayla, he would eventually