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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

taken any action yet because

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

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

that these illegal transactions would

forget what you've been working towards

exactly what Tatum had done.He had

had been smoking the whole

gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now something he

he couldn't

everything before he had passed away, he

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

father had died, he had asked Lucas

when Tatum

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

taken him to Thailand and

Lucas stronger and taught him everything

back

watched Brian turn

a walk.You should go to

wanted to go

by the wooden tombstone that

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

reason

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

corner of the backyard

thinking about her?" she asked, walking up to

he took

if he

still alive, will you

to know, although she didn't really want

only one who knew that Ayla had

hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look

been signed on,

his heart, Ayla had become

alive, she might be with another man, or she

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would

need to stop talking about

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

arms around his

please don't

made a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he