Lock You In My Heart

Lance stared at Gabrielle for a while. He could understand her uneasiness and fear completely.

He hadn’t told her the truth earlier, because he didn’t want her to be too scared.

The fact was that he had earned the wrath of a notorious gang in Thailand after ruining their business. As he had been in Antawood all this time, the gang didn’t dare to create trouble for him directly.

But now that he was in Thailand, he was their target. Although he came there in his private plane, he was being watched closely. And they had tracked him down in a short time.

Lance had planned to stay there for the night, but he changed his mind because of this unprecedented trouble that had risen.

“Gabrielle, listen to me carefully. Take these things with you. You’ll need them for self-defense. It’s not a bad idea for you to be prepared. Honestly, it’s in a mess here. One can’t afford a single mishap.” Lance didn’t tell her anything directly, but he loaded the gun with bullets.

“Lance, what are you talking about? Do you think I’m an idiot? There are countless tourists coming to Thailand every year. Not every one of them needs to wear bullet proof clothing, carry guns and knives to protect themselves. If you don’t tell me the truth, I won’t come with you tonight.” Gabrielle was not convinced by Lance’s words. She didn’t want to be confused and unaware of the things that were happening around them.

If she had known it would be so dangerous to come to Thailand with Lance, she would have stayed with Westley.

“Okay! I’ll tell you the truth. The thing is, I destroyed the big business of a gang in Thailand, accidentally. They have been waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. I hadn’t been in Thailand all this while, so they didn’t have the chance to do anything to me. And keeping it in mind, I came here on a private plane. I was sure that I’d be able to land unnoticed by their spies. But looks like they have found me. So I need to leave from here tonight.” Lance narrated everything in the briefest manner. Then, he put the gun in Gabrielle’s hand.

“Gabrielle, do you understand what I’m telling you? Now, try to take aim and shoot. Don’t worry. This gun has a silencer to it. There will be no sound made by it. Considering that you are using it for probably first time and the recoil is not very strong, don’t be nervous. Come on now. Shoot at the pillow.” Lance pointed at the pillow on the sofa and urged her to shoot at it. He had to equip her for her own sake.

Gabrielle took a deep breath, but her heartbeat kept racing. She had never expected that Lance would be in such grave trouble. He was being hunted down for a mistake he did.

Suddenly, a thought struck her. Could she leave Thailand alive?

“Lance, will we be able to go back home alive?” Gabrielle couldn’t help asking. Her hands were shaking with nervousness.

“Gabrielle, don’t be so scared. And don’t let such silly thoughts come into your mind.” Lance tried to stay strong but even he was worried and couldn’t deny that he too was worried about the same thing.

Why was he having such a thought? Although those people came looking for Lance, he knew he could get away from them. He had a way to deal with it. But having Gabrielle by his side, he was not so relaxed and certain.

It didn’t matter to him if he got hurt, but he didn’t want Gabrielle to get hurt in all this.

“Lance, I… I’m just worried!” she muttered. She felt uneasy to be caught in such a situation. And it was understandable for her to be so worried.

“Gabrielle, please don’t worry. I will solve everything. What you need to do now is to learn to shoot as soon as possible! Have a try. Focus, aim and pull the trigger. Don’t be afraid. I know you can do it!” Lance coaxed her. He wanted her to be able to use the gun.

Gabrielle calmed down slowly and tried to take steady breaths. She kept her eyes fixed on the pillow, trying to focus on it.

There was hardly anything else to do. Now that she had got a weapon in her hand, the only thing to do was to learn to use it well and protect herself. If there was an emergency and Lance was too distracted to protect her, she would be easily harmed. And if he tried to focus on her, he would be injured easily.

Gabrielle tried hard to calm down. She concentrated keenly on the pillo

w and shot.

There was no sound of gunshot, but she did feel a force push her a bit. She was surprised when she realized that she had hit her target!

“That’s good, Gabrielle. See, I told you that you can do it. Did you see it? You hit it. It’s great.” Lance applauded excitedly. He was glad her aiming ability was good.

“Lance, did I really do that? I can’t believe it myself.” Gabrielle was surprised at the accuracy of her shot.

She wondered if she was really born to do this!

load the gun with the bullet again. Let me see if you can do it.” Lance handed a bullet to Gabrielle and asked her to load the

the only way for him to know for sure whether Gabrielle

it was related to life

death was not something you could make fun

it again. We’ll be

try hard.” Gabrielle became serious now. She had

retreat. She had to accept it. The process

sure it can be finished.” Lance was doing all this to protect Gabrielle from danger which was lurking around them. There couldn’t be

the gun in a short time. So there was no need

Now remember, if you’re in any danger, just repeat what you’ve learned and done here. I believe you can do it!” Lance was really glad by

praised, Gabrielle was a little happy. But it did not last too long.

Lance realized that though Gabrielle was rising to the occasion, it was normal for her to

your clothes. I’ll go out first. We’ll set out in two hours.

her clothes, Gabrielle decided to lie down on the bed. But as time

thought whirling in her mind was, ‘Will I be able to go back home alive? Can I leave Thailand

she didn’t dare

later, Lance knocked the door of

here. We need to

dress. It was quite similar to what

and her anxiety returned. The

downstairs. I’m ready.” Gabrielle went inside and brought her backpack. She started to follow Lance

you think

is not safe for us here, will Bryce be

Lance went to look for Bryce now, things could get complicated. And being seriously injured, Bryce wasn’t even in

forest on the border. People can’t find him easily. And that place doesn’t belong to this gang, so they

heaved a sigh of relief on knowing that Bryce was safe. She was really glad that Lance was

Gabrielle saw the shoe-sized gift box,

followed Lance to Thailand. If she would accept his present, she’d feel even more guilty for

“Lance, I…”

think this is going

him a hesitant look, even as

prepare a gift

I think this is the best Christmas gift I can get.”

looked up, eyes

did you say? Are you taking me to see Bryce after dinner?” ‘Hadn’t he decided to

wouldn’t move fixed dates just for

him today. So, eat up because we’ll be on the road for more than three hours.” Lance instructed. “I’m afraid

The sooner she met Bryce, the sooner she

was all

be fine, Lance. A three or four-hour drive isn’t going to hurt.” Gabrielle

the problem as fast as she could. After that,

than feeling tired, she

but let’s not keep the food waiting.” Lance placed

Bryce, she worked up an

Lance handed her a black