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!

the bullet again. Let me see if you can do it.” Lance handed a bullet to Gabrielle

sure whether Gabrielle

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something you

do it again. I’ll keep an eye on it. If there’s anything wrong, we’ll do it again. We’ll be ready to leave only after

Gabrielle became serious now. She had to be careful and

She had to accept it. The process of learning would be helpful not only for herself but also for Lance. She did not want to be

Lance was doing all this to protect Gabrielle from danger which was lurking

at it. She could operate the gun in a short time. So there was no

that’s impressive. You’ve learned it very fast and you’re good at it too. Now remember, if you’re in any danger, just repeat what you’ve learned and done here. I believe you can do

did not last too long. Suddenly her

out of this, isn’t it?” Lance realized that though

Gabrielle, we’ll be fine. Just change your clothes. I’ll go out first. We’ll set out in two hours. You can have

changing her clothes, Gabrielle decided to lie down on the bed. But as time passed, she felt more and

I be able to go back home

she didn’t dare to call

hours later, Lance knocked the door

car is here. We need to leave now!” Lance

in a camouflaging dress. It was quite similar to what he had given her. The way he had geared himself,

him and her anxiety returned. The more worried she was, the more uneasy she

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

you think

for us here, will Bryce be safe in such a place?’ Gabrielle

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

that place doesn’t belong to this gang, so they can’t enter the area.” Lance had already pondered long on it and had selected a safe place for Bryce. He wasn’t going to

heaved a sigh of relief on knowing that Bryce was safe. She was really glad that Lance was so concerned and considerate about Bryce’s

as Gabrielle saw the shoe-sized gift

and followed Lance to Thailand. If she would accept his present, she’d feel

“Lance, I…”

and see for yourself. I think this is going to be useful for you.” Lance was quick to cut Gabrielle off because he knew she would probably refuse

a hesitant look, even as she took

didn’t prepare a gift for you.”

now. I think this is the best Christmas gift I can get.” Lance smiled. “And let’s go see Bryce after you get

looked up,

dinner?” ‘Hadn’t he decided to meet

perfectionist when it came to meetings and schedules. He wouldn’t move fixed dates just for something minor. There had

You’ve been in a good mood this whole time, so I figured we can go meet him today. So, eat up because we’ll be on the road for more than three hours.” Lance instructed. “I’m afraid

a sigh of relief. The sooner she met Bryce, the sooner she

was all in

or four-hour drive isn’t going to hurt.” Gabrielle assured

problem as fast as she could. After that, she’d

tired, she was looking forward

Lance placed different

her reunion with Bryce, she worked up

dinner, Lance handed her a