Lock You In My Heart novel Chapter 23

Wendy arranged a driver to send Gabrielle to Vineyard Villa. She instructed him repeatedly to take her only there.

Gabrielle could tell why she was so erratic. She was afraid Gabrielle would run away.

"Ronin, stop the car!" Gabrielle urged the driver when they reached downtown.

Wendy had told Ronin not to let Gabrielle out of the car. She was rather stubborn. Wendy knew if she got out, it would be difficult to coax to get in again.

"Miss Jones, what is the matter?" Ronin asked in a low voice. He took a look at Gabrielle through the rearview mirror. She looked calm and composed.

Before Gabrielle could say anything, her phone rang. It was a call from Tobias.

She hesitated for a while, then answered the phone.

"What's up, Dad?"

She was in no mood to fake niceness.

"Gabrielle, have you reached Vineyard Villa?" Tobias asked anxiously.

"We are just crossing downtown. It will take a while. Dad, what can I do for you?"

Gabrielle knew something was up. Otherwise, Tobias would never have called her.

"Our stocks are falling! It must be because of Westley. When you reach Vineyard Villa, can you urge him not to brutally drive us to a dead end? The Jones has brought you up. I know you are upset with your mother. But I can assure you once this problem is solved, such a thing will never happen again!" Tobias was a middle-aged man. He had never been humble, and was dragged into this trouble by Wendy.

Gabrielle was shocked to hear him. Their stocks were falling?

Westley was acting too fast!

Her face turned pale. "Dad, you know why Westley did this. Whether he listens to me or not depends on his mood."

Gabrielle felt desperate and helpless. Every second in this drama was causing harm to her mental health.

"You are Westley's wife and the only hope of our family! Who else can we rely on? We have raised you for twenty years, for god's sake! Please help us! Our business is the fruit of your grandfather's painstaking efforts! I don't want it destroyed at my hands!"

Tobias said in a low voice. He was trying his best to hide his frustration.

It was humiliating that he had to beg Gabrielle for help. If the stocks hadn't fallen too low, he would never have begged her like this!

"I know, Dad. But you better focus on bringing Bryce and Nellie back. The Jones family has now offended Westley even more. I can try to talk to him. If he doesn't agree, I can't help you." Gabrielle felt aggrieved. She wanted to cry her eyes out.

"I know you can do it. I believe you,"

said Tobias through his teeth. It was useless to believe her.

After all, Westley didn't trust her. Tobias had begged her for nothing.

"I have to hang up now. I'll talk to you later." Gabrielle hung up and looked outside the window.

Countless lights from the city lit up the night sky. But for the first time, she felt she had been abandoned by the whole world. There was no place where she belonged.

The Jones had married her off to Westley, and he would never treat her like his wife. She was just a scapegoat for everyone. As soon as Nellie would be back, she would have no home. She could not imagine going back to the Jones after what they had done to her.

How poor and lonely she would be.

Now it seemed to her being an