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

Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet because of

Ayla would definitely leave him.And

years, Lucas had tried his best to do what

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

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

that was exactly what Tatum had done.He had

been smoking

of his gut that Antawood, which was once

couldn't leave

everything before he had passed away, he

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

father had died, he had asked

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

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

taken him to Thailand and

and taught him everything he needed to

back to

watched Brian turn around

walk.You should go to

wanted to

the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's heart

here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had

reason

up to her? Anna followed him out and

dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

her?" she asked, walking

anything.Instead, he took a drag

him, it didn't matter if he thought about

she is still alive, will you still love

she didn't

was the only one who knew that Ayla

throwing her a withering look as he

only been signed on, but hadn't been

in his 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 here," Anna

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

Brian knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he

said, "We need to

as he strode furiously back

after him, wrapping her arms around his waist from

please don't

not think about Ayla, he would