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 away

had shot Ayla, and Brian

"I see."

taken any action yet because

took Brian down, Ayla would definitely

the past two years, Lucas had tried his

these illegal transactions would put him in a

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

Tatum had done.He had

had been smoking the

wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was

couldn't

father hadn't told him everything before he had

been a helpless child at the time, being made to watch as several men raped

his father had died, he had asked Lucas to take

Tatum had

to understand what hatred meant to him.He

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

and taught him everything

back to

asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment

walk.You should go

wanted to go to

he stood by the wooden tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

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

reason behind

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

light in the dim corner of the backyard was the cigarette

you still thinking about her?" she asked,

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

if he thought about

is still alive, will you

she didn't really

who knew that Ayla had returned on the same flight

Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put

Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but hadn't

Ayla

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

that the intimacy between Ayla

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

and said, "We need

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously

after him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

don't

effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually forget about