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 get

shot Ayla, and

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because

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

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

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

you've been working towards all these

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

had been smoking

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

he couldn't

him everything before he had passed away, he might not

watch as several men raped his

died, he

Tatum had

meant to

Thailand and put him through

made Lucas stronger and taught him

drove Anna back to the

watched Brian turn around the moment they entered

walk.You should

wanted to go to the

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

commit suicide, and that Brian had

reason

chance to make it up to her? Anna

only light in the dim corner of the backyard

her?" she asked, walking

he took a drag

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla or

still alive, will you still

she didn't

the only one who knew that Ayla had

questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering

marriage had only been signed on,

Ayla

Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten

intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put

and said, "We need to

his thoughts as he strode

her arms around his waist from

don't

not think about Ayla, he would