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."

any action yet because of

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

two years, Lucas had tried his best to do what

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

forget what you've been working towards

done.He had

had been smoking the

looked out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that

he couldn't leave this

he had passed away, he

child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his

died, he

when Tatum

had been too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had

and

made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed

back to the

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian

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

wanted to go to the

tombstone

and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her

the reason behind

Anna followed him out and saw him standing there,

the backyard was the

about her?" she asked, walking up

took a drag from his

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

still alive, will you still love

had to know, although she didn't really

who knew that Ayla had returned on the same flight

said, throwing her a withering look as

had only been signed on, but hadn't

his heart, Ayla had become his legitimate

with another man, or she might

between

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

said, "We need to

thoughts as he strode furiously back to

his waist from

please don't

think about