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

Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

hadn't taken any action yet

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

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

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

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

was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into

had been smoking

of his gut that Antawood, which

he couldn't

he had passed away, he might

made to watch as several men raped his mother while his

he had asked Lucas to

to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

what hatred meant to him.He had merely

him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous,

taught him

Anna back to

Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around

out for a walk.You should go to bed

to go

by the wooden tombstone that Ayla

here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian

was the reason behind it

make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still as a

dim corner of the backyard was the

thinking about her?" she asked, walking up to

he took a drag from

didn't matter if he thought about

still alive, will you

although she didn't really want to hear him

the only one who knew that Ayla had

hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on,

in his heart, Ayla had become his legitimate

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

the intimacy between Ayla and

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

turned around and said, "We need to stop talking about

thoughts as he

her arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

don't think about

Brian made a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually