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

shot Ayla, and Brian considered

"I see."

any action yet because of

Brian down, Ayla would definitely leave

the past two years, Lucas had tried his best to do what Tatum had

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

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

what Tatum had done.He had forced Lucas into a corner,

had been smoking the whole

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

couldn't leave

him everything before he had passed away,

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

he had

to him when Tatum had approached Lucas with

too young to understand what hatred meant to him.He had merely

then taken him to Thailand and put him through a

had made Lucas stronger and taught him everything he needed to exact his

back to the

are you going?" Anna asked as she watched Brian turn around the moment they entered the

going out for a walk.You should

just wanted to go to the

tombstone that Ayla had built, Brian's

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

reason

the chance to make it up to her? Anna followed him out and saw him standing there,

the backyard was

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

took a drag

it didn't matter if he thought

still alive, will you still

didn't

was the only one who knew that Ayla had returned

Brian said, throwing her a withering

and Ayla's marriage had only been signed on, but hadn't been

heart, Ayla had become

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

intimacy between Ayla and Lucas

he still loved

need

off all his thoughts as he strode furiously back

his waist from behind as

please don't think

a conscious effort to not think about Ayla,