Lock You In My Heart

Chapter 242 Hook Up With Others

Mindy and Lance had many cousins who had also come to the party. They all presented their birthday gifts to Kylo, but none received much high praise for it. Everyone’s gifts had been carefully curated and were more expensive than Gabrielle’s two pots of flowers.

Nevertheless, Gabrielle received to compliments and even a bank can for the two pots of cheap flowers she had gifted. Everyone grew envious his.

It seemed as though Gabrielle was a conniving lady that knew how to please

“Gabrielle is a really scheming woman.”

shrewd and

“I’ve always told you of her cunning nature. She is only the adopted daughter in the Jones family, but she pretends as though she’s the real daughter.”

“That’s why I told you to stay away from her. Nothing good ever comes from

messing around with her.”

“Look at how happily she smiles! I really want to wipe it off of her bitchy face, once and for all.”

“Did you see cousin Lance standing next. to her? He is so enchanted by her witching face!”

“I really want to rip her to shreds, what. do you suggest I do?!”

There were many vicious comments and complaints being whispered from the young people, and even the women nec to Wendy were uttering mean things in low voices. After all, being relates of the Carter family, they were present at Kylo’s birthday party, and had to be careful what they were heard talking about.

“It was surprising me that Gabrielle received such high praise from Zaid, just by gifting two pots of ordinary moth orchids.” o

“The key to a nice gift is the thought that goes into it, not the price or how much you spend on it. She gave him exactly what he likes; even some pieces of grass from her could make Kylo happy!”

“Wendy brought her up well even though she is only an adopted daughter … unlike my own daughter, who is stubbom and highly extravagant.”

nice to others, when she isn’t

should learn how to educate children from

bring Gabrielle up?” Several rich ladies surrounded Wendy and put forth

felt proud and honored, especially because

passing bad comments about Gabrielle‘s gifts being cheap were only embarrassing themselves. Now that

just gave her some advice on top

cute and smart, and she really was!” Wendy said

each other in disdain, but forced a tight smile on their

Gabrielle too, for the

arrive. Many of the relatives in the Cartes family began to move out

CUTE atulated Kyle,

and landson were with Kylo, and the younger generation went out into the Open garden to celebrate and conth

herself and waiting for the Morris family to arrive later. In fact,

part of Gabrielle didn’t want Westley to come to

give Wendy a chance to announce

it would be nice to have him

conflicted thoughts, she hadn’t noticed two people had walked up to

Mindy’s voice was dripping with sarcasm, as she Hooked at Gabrielle with heavy, scora ut eyes. Gabrielle turned arodod to see whose voice it belonged to, and she found Mindy and Chefstanding next to her. Cherie was the daughter of the Bennet family. The Carters and Bennets had been good friends for many generations, so that explained Cherie and Mindy’s close friendship, as well as Cherie’s liking towards Lance. Gabrielle

felt as though girls were naturally inclined to dislike her, making her their enemy for

thought that. counts, not the price. It was obvious to Grandfather that was the case with my gift, because I had carefully

con

embarrass everyone else in rubric for their presents. Ours were well-chosen, too; you weren’t the only one who thought hard about your gift!” Mindy’s hands

don’t want to quarrel with you. Now, if there’s nothing else, I’m going to go.” Gabrielle was about to leave, but Mindy stopped her. Just as she was about to turn around to go the other way.

Bennet, there are no hard feelings or grudges between us. Excuse

softly. as she threw Cherie an emotionless

him. but as soon as he saw you coming. he immediately left me and ran to you, What do you

Gabrielle couldn’t and wouldn’l offend,