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

Ayla, and

"I see."

action

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

years, Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum had asked of

questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he

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

what Tatum had done.He had forced

had been smoking the whole

a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown,

couldn't

before he had passed away, he might not

to watch as several men raped his mother while his father,

had died, he had asked Lucas to take

to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition

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

to Thailand and put him

him everything

back to

going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around

should go to bed

to go to the

tombstone 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

was the reason behind

it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw

the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette flickering

still thinking about her?" she

didn't say anything.Instead, he took

him, it didn't matter if he thought

is still alive, will

although she didn't

that Ayla had returned on the

her a withering look

only been signed on, but

his heart, Ayla had

if Ayla is alive, she might be with

that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas was

alive, and he still loved her, he

turned around and said, "We need to

all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to

around his

please don't think about

Brian made a conscious effort to not think about