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 away with

Ayla, and Brian considered this

"I see."

any action yet because

down, Ayla would definitely

had tried his best to

no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would put him in a

forget what you've been working towards all

exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas

had been smoking

out of the window, realizing with a wrench of his gut that Antawood,

couldn't

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

being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his father, a heart patient, was admitted

his father had died, he had asked Lucas to

opportunity presented itself to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with

been too young to understand what hatred meant to

and put him through a

Lucas stronger and taught him everything he

back to

asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment

walk.You should

just wanted to go to the

by the wooden tombstone that Ayla

to commit suicide,

the reason

make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him

of the backyard was the cigarette flickering between

you still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up to

say anything.Instead, he took a

if he

she is still alive, will you

know, although she didn't really

one who knew that Ayla had returned on

her a withering look as he put

had only been signed on,

Ayla had become his

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

intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

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

and said, "We need to stop

thoughts as he strode furiously

hurried after him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind as she caught up to

please don't

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