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 get away with

shot Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

any action yet because

if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely

two years, Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum

Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup,

you've been working towards all these

Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner,

had been smoking the whole

a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was

couldn't leave this

hadn't told him everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered so

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

had died, he

him when Tatum had approached

understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his

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

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed

Anna back

asked as she watched Brian

should

wanted to go

wooden tombstone that Ayla had

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

reason behind

her? Anna followed him out

in the dim corner of the backyard

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

didn't say anything.Instead, he took a

it didn't matter if

still alive,

know, although she didn't

who knew that Ayla had returned on

Brian said, throwing her

had only been signed on, but hadn't

heart, Ayla had become his

two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened

between Ayla and Lucas

Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his

turned around and said, "We need to

his thoughts as he strode

arms around his waist from

please don't

not think about