Lock You In My Heart novel Chapter 16

Gabrielle stared at Wendy's face for a while. Although her instincts told her that Wendy was hiding something from her, Gabrielle decided to give her the benefit of the doubt.

"Mom, you have to find Bryce and Nellie as soon as possible. As you can see, Westley can be very short-tempered. I'm afraid that if he gets angry at me again, it will be over for both me and the Jones family." Gabrielle frowned.

She had every reason to be afraid of Westley. After all, who in their right mind would want to get into his bad books?

"Gabrielle, you know that your father and I are doing our best to find them. The Jones just doesn't have the same resources as the Morris. Besides, I don't think Westley wants to get Nellie back. If he did, he would have been able to track her down even without the help of the Jones." Wendy already had a plan in her mind.

However, it all depended on whether Gabrielle would be willing to cooperate or not.

Fortunately, since they had managed to get Gabrielle married to Westley, refusal was not an option that was available to her anymore.

Someone as powerful and well-connected as Westley would have easily been able to trace Nellie's whereabouts, but he deliberately dropped that difficult responsibility over to the Jones.

That alone gave Wendy enough reason to believe that he never really wanted to marry Nellie in the first place. Otherwise, he could have easily called off the wedding instead of picking Gabrielle to be his substitute bride.

Wasn't it a tad bit dubious?

Wendy had no way of finding out what was on Westley's mind, but she hoped that everything would go as she had expected.

With Gabrielle as his wife, the bond between the Jones and the Morris was now stronger than ever. Their union could prove to be immensely beneficial for the Jones.

"Mom, if Westley looks for them himself..." 'Bryce is only going to come back to us as a corpse, ' she kept her thoughts to herself, fearing that it would only aggravate Wendy and Tobias.

"By doing nothing, he is giving the Jones a chance to make reparation. You and father should send more people to look for my brother. I remember he travelled to several countries when he was in college. Perhaps, if you look for him in those places, you might be able to find him. Have father check his departure records. That should give us a hint, right?" Gabrielle tried to come up with new ideas, hoping that Tobias would find Bryce back as soon as possible.

An affectionate smile softened Wendy's face as she took Gabrielle's hand into hers and said, "Gabrielle, I know how you feel. I'm just as anxious as you are. I want to find your brother as soon as possible too, but you heard what Westley said to us. How can we find your brother when we clearly don't have the ability to do so in just a few days? I'm afraid that Westley is going to ruin our family name before we can even find your brother."

"Mom, then what do you want to do?" Gabrielle knew that Wendy always had a lot of ideas.

Tobias may have gained some fame in the business world in all these years, but he wouldn't have achieved any of that without Wendy's advice.

"Gabrielle, you know I have always loved you a lot. Although you are an adopted daughter, your father and I have always regarded you as the daughter of the Jones."

"Mom, I know that! What do you need me to do? Just tell me." Gabrielle could sense that Wendy was up to something.

"Gabrielle, you are a smart girl. Now that you're Westley's wife, it would be a pity if you didn't take advantage of your beautiful face to win Westley over to your side..."

"Mom, are you saying that you want

me to seduce Westley?" Gabrielle interrupted Wendy. Her eyes were wide with shock and she couldn't believe what she had just heard.

Just as she had expected, Wendy already had a plan for her, it just wasn't a plan she could accept.