Lock You In My Heart novel Chapter 17

Westley's baseless accusations were becoming tiresome, but Gabrielle had no way to vent her frustrations other than kicking the grass underneath her feet.

'Westley, you bastard!'

He must have thought very highly of himself to believe that everyone in Antawood would pander to his every whim.

Westley cast a cold glance at Gabrielle, thinking to himself, 'I can't believe how childish she is.'

"Gabrielle." The deep and low voice drew her attention as she turned around to see Mindy walking over to her with another man.

"Cousin?" Gabrielle voice rose with excitement.

It was Lance Carter, the eldest son of the Caeter. Since he was Mindy and Bryce's cousin, Gabrielle considered him her cousin as well.

Gabrielle was quite close to him, as he was the only one in the entire Carter that treated her like family, from childhood to adulthood. Bryce, however, wasn't too fond of him because every time he would bully Gabrielle, Lance would be the one to teach Bryce a lesson.

"Westley, I never thought we'd see each other here, especially as family." Lance was now in charge of running the Carter Group. As he was the one who overlooked most of the company's projects, it was customary for him to keep contact with the power holders of other big companies.

As for Westley, the CEO of the Morris Group and the leader of the biggest business empire in Antawood, it was almost impossible to get an appointment with him let alone be in the same room.

Lance didn't expect to run into the cold-blood demon of the business world, especially as the husband of his cousin.

This change of pace was both surprising and interesting, but Lance was an experienced businessman who knew how to quickly adapt to the social conditions around him. Besides, Mindy had already given him the lowdown on what was going on.

When he heard that Gabrielle was married to Westley, Lance was so surprised he didn't know how to react to the news.

Why would someone like Gabrielle suddenly get married to Westley, the most cold-blooded man in the business world?

What was going on?

At first, he thought that Mindy was just joking, but when he saw Westley standing next to Gabrielle now, his realized that it was exactly what he was afraid of.

"Lance, don't get ahead of yourself. We might not become a family just yet," said Westley coldly. Then he turned around and walked inside without saying another word.

Confused, Lance stood there wondering what he had meant by that.

"Cousin, please don't take it to heart. Westley just can't help being pompous all the time." Gabrielle tried to comfort Lance immediately.

"I'm fine, but... Gabrielle, why did you marry Westley? When did this happen? I didn't even believe it when Mindy told me that you had gotten married to him." The smile on Lance's face disappeared as he looked at her with solemnity and seriousness.

Gabrielle lowered her face in shame, averting Lance's inquisitive eyes.

She was too embarrassed, and besides, this was neither the place nor time for to attempt such a complicated explanation.

The wedding took place so abruptly that no one from the Jones could attend the wedding. As such, they didn't even bother to inform the Carter.

"Gabrielle, are you just going to stand there like that? Why aren't you saying anything?" Mindy couldn't stand Gabrielle's silence because it seemed as though someone had pointed a gun to her face and forced her to marry Westley.

"Gabrielle, did something happen? Did Westley force you to marry him?" That was the only possibility Lance could think of when

he noticed her hesitation to speak up.