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?

was acting too

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

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in this drama was causing harm to

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

painstaking efforts! I don’t want it destroyed at my hands!” Tobias said in

for help. If the stocks hadn’t

on bringing Bryce and Nellie back. The Jones family has now offended Westley even more. I can try to talk to him. If he doesn’t agree, I can’t help you.” Gabrielle felt aggrieved.

do it. I

Tobias through his teeth. It was useless to

her. Tobias had begged her

hang up now. I’ll talk to you

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

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 they had done to

and lonely she would

to her being an orphan and living in an orphanage was much better. At least

okay?” Ronin asked, looking at

to Tobias and could roughly tell what the

kind-hearted girl. If Bryce hadn’t acted so ridiculously, her life

drink something

Jones. I’ll be back in a moment.” Ronin pulled up and got out of the car without

opportunity. She climbed to the driver’s seat and

the car and tried to open the door. “Miss Jones,

Gabrielle rolled down the window and looked at him calmly. “Ronin, you can take a taxi home. I’ll

Jones, you can’t do that,” Ronin said

wasn’t worried that she would not go to Vineyard Villa, but that she was mentally unstable and she could meet

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