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.

not let him get

Ayla, and

"I see."

action yet because

would definitely

his best to do

get whatever Tatum wanted, no questions asked.He knew that these illegal transactions would

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

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

smoking the

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

couldn't leave

told him everything before he had passed

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

he

him when Tatum had approached Lucas

been too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely nodded his head in

Thailand and put him through

him everything

Anna back to

as she watched Brian turn around the

a walk.You should go to bed early,"

just wanted to go

the wooden tombstone that Ayla

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

reason behind it

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

light in the dim corner of the backyard was

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

anything.Instead, he took a drag from

it didn't matter if he thought

alive, will you still

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

was the only one who knew that Ayla had returned on the same

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

marriage had only been signed on, but

Ayla had

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

between Ayla and Lucas

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

"We need to

his thoughts as he strode furiously back to

after him, wrapping her arms around his

please don't think

think about