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

you know why Westley did this. Whether he listens to me or not depends on his

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helpless. Every second in this drama was

only hope of our family! Who else

don’t want it destroyed at my hands!” Tobias said in a low

was humiliating that he had to beg Gabrielle for help. If the stocks hadn’t fallen too

Jones family has now offended Westley even more. I can try to

do it. I

It was useless to

Westley didn’t trust her. Tobias had

have to hang up now. I’ll talk to you

night sky. But for the first time, she felt she had been abandoned by the whole world. There was no

his wife. She was just a scapegoat for everyone. As soon as Nellie would be back, she would

and lonely she

living in an orphanage was much better. At least there she wouldn’t have been used like a

Jones, are you okay?” Ronin asked, looking at her

heard her talk to Tobias and could roughly tell what the conversation had

Ronin had watched her grow up. She had always been a gentle and kind-hearted girl. If Bryce hadn’t acted so ridiculously, her life

iced coffee? I need to drink something cold.” She looked at him with

Miss Jones. I’ll be back in a moment.” Ronin

to the

the car and tried to open the

you can take a taxi

do that,” Ronin said anxiously, scared of what might happen to

to Vineyard Villa, but that she was mentally unstable and she could

doing.” Gabrielle turned the key and drove