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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

taken any action yet because

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

tried his best to do what Tatum had asked

illegal transactions would put him

you've been working towards all these years,"

that was exactly what Tatum had done.He had forced

smoking

with a wrench of his gut that Antawood, which was once his hometown, was now

couldn't

before he had passed away, he might not have suffered so

at the time, being made to watch as several men raped his mother while his

his father had died, he had

him when Tatum had approached Lucas with

understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded

him to Thailand and put him through a rigorous, harsh

taught him

drove Anna back

asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered

going out for a walk.You should go

to

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

gone crazy living here and had tried to commit suicide, and that Brian

the reason behind it

to make it up to her? Anna followed him out

of the backyard was

still thinking about her?" she asked, walking up

he took a drag from

it didn't matter if he

alive, will you

had to know, although she didn't really want to hear

who knew that Ayla

said, throwing her a withering look as he put out the

and Ayla's marriage had only been

Ayla had

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

that the intimacy between Ayla and

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

"We need

shook off all his thoughts as he

his waist

please don't

not think about