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.

would not let him get

had shot Ayla, and

"I see."

hadn't taken any action

knew that if he took Brian down, Ayla would definitely

years, Lucas had tried his best to do what

Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a soup,

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

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

been smoking the

with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was

he couldn't leave this

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

being made to watch as several men raped his mother

his father had died, he had asked Lucas to take

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with a proposition

to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely

Thailand and put

him everything he needed

back to the

she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the

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

to go to the

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

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

the reason behind

make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there, still as a

in the dim corner of the backyard

you still thinking about her?"

say anything.Instead, he took a drag from his

him, it didn't matter if he

alive,

although she didn't really want to hear him say

knew that Ayla had

questions," Brian said, throwing her a withering look as

had only been signed on, but hadn't

heart, Ayla had become

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

thought that the intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

alive, and he still loved

said, "We need to stop

all his thoughts as he strode furiously

arms around his waist

don't

not think about Ayla,