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 away with

shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

action yet

down, Ayla would definitely leave

Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum had asked

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

you've been working

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

smoking the whole

his gut

he couldn't leave

before he had passed away,

watch as several men raped his

father had died, he had asked Lucas to take

to him when Tatum had

hatred meant to

to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

him everything he needed to exact

drove Anna back to the

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

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

to go

wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

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 in

reason

up to her? Anna

the backyard was the cigarette flickering between

about her?" she asked,

didn't say anything.Instead, he took

matter if he thought about

she is still alive, will you

didn't really want to

one who knew that Ayla had returned on the

throwing her a withering look as

only been signed on, but hadn't

Ayla had

Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here," Anna

between Ayla and Lucas

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

turned around and said, "We need

his thoughts as he strode furiously back

around his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't think

effort to not think about Ayla,