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.

Brian would not let

shot Ayla, and

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

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

had tried his best to

that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup, but he did

you've been working towards all these

had done.He had forced Lucas into

had been smoking the

window, realizing with a wrench of his gut

couldn't leave this

father hadn't told him everything before he had passed away, he might not have suffered

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

died, he had asked Lucas

when Tatum had approached Lucas with a

what hatred meant to him.He

Thailand and put him through

and taught him everything he needed

back to the

Brian

out for a walk.You should

just wanted to go to

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

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

the reason

he ever get the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there,

the backyard was the

her?" she

he took a

matter if he thought about Ayla or

alive, will you

had to know, although she didn't really

that Ayla had

Brian said, throwing her a withering

been

his heart, Ayla had

alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here,"

intimacy between Ayla and

he still loved her, he would put all his efforts in getting her

around and said, "We need to stop talking

shook off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to

around his

please don't think about

effort to not think about Ayla, he would eventually