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 with

and Brian

"I see."

action yet

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

two years, Lucas had tried his best

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

you've been working towards all these years," Tatum

had forced Lucas into a corner, step

been smoking the whole

a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown,

he couldn't

him everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered so

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

his father had died, he had asked

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

had been too young to understand what hatred meant to

had then taken him to Thailand and

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact

drove Anna back

asked as she watched Brian

out for a walk.You should go

to go to

stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built,

crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully

was the reason behind it

her? Anna followed him

the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking

he took a

him, it didn't matter if he thought

is still alive, will you

know, although she didn't really want

one who knew that Ayla had returned on the same

your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a

had only been

in his heart, Ayla had become his legitimate

Ayla is alive, she might be with

between Ayla

Ayla was still alive, and he still

"We need to

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously

around his waist from behind as

don't

a conscious effort to not think about Ayla,