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 considered this

"I see."

action yet because of

would definitely leave him.And he couldn't imagine

Lucas had tried his best to

Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did not

you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been

was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced

had been smoking

his gut that Antawood, which was

couldn't leave

everything before he had passed away, he might not have

child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his

father had died, he had asked Lucas

itself to him when Tatum had

hatred meant

then taken him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous,

Lucas stronger and taught him everything

back to the

she watched Brian turn around the moment

should go to bed

wanted to go

he stood by the wooden tombstone

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

was the reason behind

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

dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette

still thinking about her?"

didn't say anything.Instead, he took

him, it didn't matter if he thought

she is still alive, will you still love

didn't really want to

one who knew that Ayla had

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

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but hadn't been

in his heart, Ayla had become

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

intimacy between Ayla

that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved

and said, "We need to stop talking about

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as

don't

made a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he