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 get

had shot Ayla, and

"I see."

taken any action yet because of

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

had tried his best to do what Tatum had

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

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

exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into

smoking the whole

of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now

he couldn't leave this

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 mother while his father,

his father had died, he

him when Tatum had approached Lucas

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

had then taken him to Thailand and put him

and taught him everything he

back to the

watched Brian turn around the

a walk.You should go to bed

just wanted to go to

he stood by the wooden tombstone that

recalled 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 the

reason behind it

get the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed

the dim corner of the backyard was

her?" she asked, walking

took a drag

didn't matter if he

is still alive,

to know, although she didn't

knew that Ayla had returned on the same

said, throwing her a withering look

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on,

his heart, Ayla had become his

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

between Ayla

Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he would put all his efforts in

and said, "We need to stop talking about her.Let's

shook off all his thoughts as he strode

arms around his waist from behind as she

please don't think

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