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.

let him get

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

any action

down, Ayla would definitely

Lucas had tried his best to do

Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did

what you've been working towards all

that was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into

had been smoking

gut that Antawood,

couldn't

hadn't told him everything before he had

to watch as several men

died, he had asked

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

to understand what hatred meant to him.He

taken him to Thailand and put him

taught him everything he needed

back

asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered

going out for a walk.You should go to bed

to go

tombstone

recalled that Ayla had gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared

was the reason behind

chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still as

only light in the dim corner of the backyard was

about her?" she

didn't say anything.Instead, he took

didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

is still alive, will you still

although she didn't

the only one who knew that Ayla

Brian said, throwing her a withering look

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on,

Ayla had

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

intimacy between

and he still loved her, he would put all

turned around and said, "We need to

as he strode furiously back to the

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't

think about Ayla, he would eventually forget about