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

and Brian considered

"I see."

hadn't taken any action

down, Ayla would

two years, Lucas had tried his best

that these illegal

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

what Tatum had done.He had

smoking

realizing with a wrench 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,

father had died, he had asked Lucas to take

Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition

meant to him.He

taken him to Thailand and

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to

drove Anna back

Brian turn around the moment they entered

for a walk.You should go to bed early," Brian

to go to

tombstone

had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian had forcefully kept her alive.But she

reason behind it

up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him

the dim corner of the backyard was the

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up

he took

it didn't matter if he thought about Ayla

still alive, will you still love

didn't really want to hear him

who knew that Ayla had returned on

said, throwing her a

only been signed on, but hadn't

Ayla

two years.Even if Ayla is alive, she might be with another man, or she might have forgotten everything that happened here,"

thought that the intimacy between Ayla

that Ayla was still alive, and he still loved her, he

need to stop talking about her.Let's

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously

around his

don't think about

Brian made a conscious effort to not think about Ayla, he