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.

Brian would not let him

Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

taken any action yet

Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his life

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

wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did not

you've

had forced Lucas

smoking the

his gut that Antawood, which was

couldn't leave

he had passed

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

died, he had asked Lucas

when Tatum had

to understand what hatred meant to him.He had

to Thailand and put him through a rigorous,

taught him everything he needed to

back to

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the

for a walk.You should go

just wanted to go to the

wooden tombstone that Ayla had

suicide, and that Brian had

was the reason behind

her? Anna

of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between his

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up to

he took a

if he thought about Ayla or

alive, will you still

didn't really want to hear him say

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

Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put

Ayla's marriage had only been signed

Ayla had

might be with another

thought that the intimacy between Ayla

still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his

said, "We need

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously

her arms around his waist from behind as she caught up

please don't

effort to not think about