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

had shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because

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

Lucas had tried his best

knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but

Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all these years,"

had done.He had forced Lucas into

smoking the

out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which

he couldn't

he had passed

as several men

he had asked Lucas to

him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

meant to him.He had

and put him through a rigorous, harsh training

made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed

Anna back to

Brian turn around the moment they entered

walk.You should

wanted to

tombstone that

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

reason behind

to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there,

in the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between his

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up

anything.Instead, he took a drag from

him, it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

she is still alive, will

although she didn't really want to hear

the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on

questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put

Ayla's marriage had only been signed

in his heart, Ayla

with another man, or

intimacy between

alive, and he still loved her, he would put

need to stop talking about her.Let's

his thoughts as he strode furiously

arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't

to not think about Ayla, he