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.

not let him

and

"I see."

action yet because

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

two years, Lucas had tried his best to do what

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

shouldn't forget what you've been working towards all

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

had been smoking the

of his gut that Antawood, which

he couldn't leave this

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

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

his father had died, he had asked Lucas to take

Tatum had approached

been too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his head

to Thailand and put him through

made Lucas stronger and taught him everything

Anna back to the

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the living

for a walk.You should go

to go to the

tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's heart

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

the reason

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

dim corner of the

you still thinking about her?"

didn't say anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

matter if he thought about

she is still alive, will you still

didn't really want to

the only one who knew that Ayla had

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

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but

heart, Ayla

two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

and he still loved her,

and said, "We need to stop talking

as he

wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught

don't

not think about Ayla, he would eventually