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

this. Whether he listens to me or

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in this drama was causing harm to

our family! Who else can we rely on? We have

it destroyed at my hands!”

Gabrielle for help. If the stocks hadn’t fallen

offended Westley even more. I can try

you can do it. I believe

teeth. It was useless to

her. Tobias had begged her

have to hang up now. I’ll talk to you later.” Gabrielle hung up and looked outside the

up the night sky. But for the first time, she felt she had been abandoned

As soon as Nellie would be back, she would have no home. She

and lonely she would

orphanage was much

Ronin asked, looking at her sad

to Tobias and could roughly

girl. If Bryce

get me a cup of iced coffee? I need to drink something cold.” She looked at him with a somber

in a moment.” Ronin pulled up and got out of

climbed to the driver’s seat and

the car and tried to open the door.

can take a taxi

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

she would not go to Vineyard Villa, but that she was mentally unstable and she could meet with an

and I know what I’m doing.” Gabrielle turned the key and drove off, leaving Ronin holding