Lock You In My Heart

Gabrielle had heard Helena’s name many times over. In her head, she had imagined all sorts of scenarios between that woman and Westley.

But those were all in her head. In reality, she didn’t know anything about her.

Nobody had told her about that woman.

But now, Bonnie had mentioned Helena. Gabrielle thought that this time for sure, she would finally learn something about Helena.

“Gabrielle, how do you feel about Westley now? I need your honest answer. He was really devastated because of that relationship, so I need to be very careful on telling you about it,” Bonnie said, staring into Gabrielle’s eyes.

Although she seldom ever stayed in the Morris family’s mansion, she treated Westley as family, and was genuinely concerned about him.

Oftentimes, she would pay special attention to his love affairs.

The last relationship he had nearly destroyed him. If something like that were to happen again, it would surely ruin him for good.

“Bonnie, I love him. In fact, I love him so much that I don’t know how to describe it to you,” Gabrielle said with all the sincerity she could muster.

She rarely spoke out her true emotions for Westley this frankly, especially in front of someone she barely even knew.

For her, love was meant to be a private thing. That was the reason she barely said anything about it out loud.

But now that Bonnie was asking her about it so seriously, Gabrielle could tell just how much she cared for Westley.

I’ll tell you what I know,” Bonnie

nervous about what she would

the Morris family have been friends for generations. Every child from these two families had known each other since childhood, and they were usually together, and they were similar in character. They had always been close. Later, when they were in college, they became a couple.  relationship, and they were set to be engaged right after graduation. However… Five years ago, an accident happened. While Westley and Helena were on vacation abroad, they encountered a riot. At the most dangerous juncture, she took a bullet for him and died in the process.” Bonnie didn’t beat around

all the finer

were to tell Gabrielle everything that happened between Helena and Westley, they might

would leave Westley, but this one never crossed

‘She… died for Westley?

wonder he couldn’t get

Nobody would ever be

for both

be in such a complicated relationship, but she

had long

fact that Westley could

up dying. He owed her his life, and he could never get over it. Because of the guilt he felt for Helena and the Collins family, he always agreed to anything their family wanted from him. They had asked Westley to get engaged with Nellie so that they could tie him up to pay his debt for the rest of his life. I’ve always thought that it

the case. Something

on his birthday, and that’s why he never celebrates

ex-girlfriend died for him on his

surprised he’s been avoiding celebrating his

that she knew why, she felt

to him should never happen