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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

taken any action yet

Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't

his best to do what Tatum had

that these illegal transactions would put him

what you've been working

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

been smoking the whole

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

he couldn't leave this

everything before he had passed away, he

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

he had asked

when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

understand what hatred meant

had then taken him to Thailand and put him through a

stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact his

drove Anna back

asked as she watched Brian turn around the

for a walk.You should go to

to go

by the wooden tombstone that

here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she had disappeared in

was the reason behind it

Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still

in the dim corner of the backyard was

you still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up to

say anything.Instead, he took a drag from

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

she is still alive, will you

she didn't

knew that Ayla had

said, throwing her a withering

had only been

his heart, Ayla had become

has been two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she

the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

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

turned around and said, "We need to stop talking about her.Let's

all his thoughts as he strode

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught

please don't think about

not think about Ayla, he would eventually