Lock You In My Heart

Chapter 23 I’d Rather Be An Orphan

Wendy arranged a driver to send Gabrielle to Vineyard Villa. She instructed him repeatedly to take her only there.

Gabrielle could tell why she was so erratic, She was afraid Gabrielle would run away.

“Ronin, stop the car!” Gabrielle urged the driver when they reached downtown.

Wendy had told Ronin not to let Gabrielle out of the car. She was rather stubborn. Wendy knew if she got out, it would be difficult to coax to get in again.

“Miss Jones, what is the matter?” Ronin asked in a low voice. He took a look at Gabrielle through the rearview mirror. She looked calm and composed.

Before Gabrielle could say anything, her phone rang. It was a call from Tobias.

She hesitated for a while, then answered the phone.

“What’s up, Dad?”.

She was in no mood to fake niceness.

“Gabrielle, have you reached Vineyard Villa?”

anxiously.

“We are just crossing downtown. It will take a while. Dad, what can I do for you?”

Gabrielle knew something was up. Otherwise, Tobias would never have called her.

“Our stocks are falling! It must be because of Westley. When you reach Vineyard Villa, can you urge him not to brutally drive us to a dead end? The Jones has brought you up. I know you are upset with your mother. But I can assure you once this problem is solved, such a thing will never happen again!” Tobias was a middle-aged man. He had never been humble, and was dragged into this trouble by Wendy. 4

Gabrielle was shocked to hear him. Their stocks were falling?

acting too

this. Whether he listens to me or not depends

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in this drama was causing harm to her

Westley’s wife and the only hope of our family! Who else can we rely on? We have raised you for twenty years, for

business is the fruit of your grandfather’s painstaking efforts! I don’t want it destroyed at my hands!” Tobias said in a low voice. He was trying

Gabrielle for help. If the stocks

even more. I can try to talk to him. If he doesn’t agree, I can’t help you.” Gabrielle felt

do it. I

Tobias through his teeth. It was useless to believe

Westley didn’t trust her. Tobias

to hang up now. I’ll talk to you later.” Gabrielle

lights from the city lit up the night sky. But for the first time, she felt she had been abandoned by the whole world. There

never treat her like his wife. She was just a scapegoat for everyone. As soon as Nellie would be back, she would have no home. She could not imagine going back to the Jones after what

poor and lonely she would

to her being an orphan and living in an orphanage was

are you okay?” Ronin asked, looking at her

to Tobias and could roughly tell what the conversation had

always been a gentle and kind-hearted girl. If Bryce hadn’t acted so ridiculously, her life wouldn’t have changed so drastically. Ronin

need to drink something cold.” She looked at him with a somber expression. She could

Jones. I’ll be back in a moment.” Ronin pulled up and got out of the car

climbed to the driver’s seat and locked

car and tried to open the door. “Miss

looked at him calmly. “Ronin, you can take a taxi home. I’ll drive to Vineyard Villa myself. Don’t tell my mother. I

Jones, you can’t do that,” Ronin said anxiously, scared of

she would not go to Vineyard Villa, but that she

doing.” Gabrielle turned the key