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 him get away

and

"I see."

action

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

these illegal transactions would put him

not forcing you, Lucas.You shouldn't forget what you've been

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

smoking

the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now something he

couldn't leave

everything before he had

child at the time, being made to watch as several

he had asked Lucas to

itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition

understand what hatred meant to him.He

had then taken him to Thailand and put him

made Lucas stronger and taught him everything

back to the

are you going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they

walk.You should go

to go to

wooden tombstone that

tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had

was the reason behind it

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

corner of the backyard was the

thinking about her?" she

anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

alive, will

didn't really want to hear him say

that Ayla had

your hypothetical questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as he put out the

had only been signed on, but

his heart, Ayla had

with another man, or she

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and

knew that Ayla was still alive, and he still

and said, "We need to stop talking

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back to the

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his waist

don't think

think about Ayla, he would