Lock You In My Heart novel Chapter 11

It would have been fine if Wesley hadn't mentioned Nellie because Miley's blood pressure surged at the mere mention of her name.

"Don't mention her name in front of me again. After all, did she treat the Morris with respect? No! Besides, Gabrielle is your wife and I will only accept her as my granddaughter-in-law," Miley said firmly.

"Grandma, please don't be so angry. It's okay that we don't visit my parents today; besides, they aren't expecting any special treatment anyway." Gabrielle tried to placate Miley because she didn't want them to have an argument because of her. More importantly, she didn't want anything bad to happen to Miley.

"Gabrielle, you're a good girl. Go back to your room and change into something nice. I need to have a few words with Westley. Don't worry, I have the right to make a decision in this house. I won't let anyone bully you," Miley said in a soft voice.

Gabrielle felt upset, mainly because she didn't want Miley to fight her battles for her as it would only make Westley angrier.

Just as she had expected, Westley squinted his eyes at Gabrielle angrily, sending shivers down her spine.

"Gabrielle, didn't you hear what I said?" Miley pretended to be angry when she saw that Gabrielle still hadn't moved from her place.

"Grandma, I'm going upstairs now." Gabrielle didn't say anything more and went upstairs obediently, glancing at Westley as she left.

His eyes were cold, hard, and dark gazing out at her.

They carried clear implications of warning to Gabrielle.

"Westley, I am going to pretend as though I didn't hear what you had just said. Let's start over. It's already the third day after Gabrielle was married into the Morris. I want you to go to her parents' home with her. I've already taken care of the gifts you need to bring there with you. Don't bring disgrace to our family. Do you hear me?" Miley's words were delivered with great seriousness.

"Grandma, as I have said before, I am not going to visit the Jones with Gabrielle. I will only go to the Collins if I have any in-laws to visit," said Westley with an arrogant look on his face.

"Have you lost your mind? Nellie is the one who abandoned you before the wedding. You may not feel embarrassed, but the Morris cannot afford to be humiliated like that. The Collins has disrespect our entire family. Why do you still insist on siding with Nellie? I know that the Morris owes a lot to the Collins, but you have done enough to repay them in all these years. It's time to move on. You shouldn't have..."

"Grandma, I can't possibly compensate them enough for what happened to Helena in this lifetime," Westley interrupted Miley impatiently.

"Helena's death was an accident." Miley couldn't bear to see Westley spend the rest of his life in the shadow of Helena Collins' death.

"Helena died because of me!" Westley gritted his teeth to stop himself from raising his voice. The fire in his eyes showed just how much pain he was in due to what had happened to Helena.

Suddenly, Miley fell silent, struggling to find the words to respond with.

"Even if Helena died because of you, it was an accident. The Collins has used her death to make many ridiculous requests to you over the years and you've always complied without question. You even agreed to marry Nellie, but she's the one who broke the agreement now. Why are you still defending her and the Collins?" Miley was furious.

Just talking about the Collins left a bad taste in Miley's mouth. Ever since Helena died, the Collins had been taking advantage of Wesley like blood-sucking leeches, asking for literally anything of him.

As such, Miley had lost all her respect for Nellie and her family.

In fact, Miley was the happiest to hear that Nellie had run away from the wedding and the moment she laid eyes on Gabrielle

, who happened to be a temporary substitute found by Westley, Miley grew fond of her almost immediately.

"Grandma, I don't want to talk about this anymore as I don't want you to get so worked up." Westley took a deep breath as he wanted to end the discussion then and there.

"If you don't want me to be angry, go back to Jones today. It has to be today." Miley softened her tone as well.