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

had shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

taken any action yet

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

the past two years, Lucas had tried his best to

asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did not

forget what you've been working towards all

had forced

had been smoking

with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which

he couldn't

told him everything before he had passed away, he might

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

had died, he

him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition for

hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his head in

and put

him everything he needed

back to the

she watched Brian turn around the

should go to bed early,"

wanted to go to the

wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's heart

crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide,

was the reason behind it

the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him

the backyard was the cigarette flickering

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up

took

if he

alive, will you

didn't really

was the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on

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

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but

Ayla had become

know.It has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and

alive, and he still loved her, he would put

"We need to stop

as he strode

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind

please don't think about

not think