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.

not let

had shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

hadn't taken any action

that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine his life without

tried his best to do what Tatum had

get whatever Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions

forget what you've been

exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into

been smoking the

with a wrench of his gut

couldn't

hadn't told him everything before he had passed away,

to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a

died, he had asked Lucas to take

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had

been too young to understand what hatred meant to

then taken him to Thailand and put him

taught him

back to the

as she watched Brian turn around the moment

walk.You should go to

just wanted to go

stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and

reason behind

he ever get the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still as a

of the

you still thinking about her?" she

anything.Instead, he took

matter if he thought about Ayla

is still alive, will you

had to know, although she didn't really want to

the only one who knew that

hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a

only been signed on, but hadn't

his heart, Ayla

is alive, she might be with another man, or she might

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

still loved her, he would put

"We need to stop talking

off all his thoughts as he

around his waist from behind as she caught up to

don't

think about Ayla, he