Lock You In My Heart novel Chapter 269

Gabrielle hadn't been to the studio for two months, so when she finally came for a visit, she especially ordered afternoon tea and dessert from the cafe for everyone as a treat.

When they saw Gabrielle, everyone reacted differently. After all, she was an intern designer in Jason's studio, which, in blunt terms, almost made her the lady who was in charge of the menial tasks. Moreover, she only got the role because of Austin's help. So it was understandable that everyone had mixed feelings about Gabrielle.

Some people liked her a lot.

But others that didn't, created a lot of trouble for her.

"Gabrielle, you're finally back! I almost forgot all about you because you weren't here for so long. I thought you would never come back and had abandoned us." A clear and pleasant voice rang out, before a girl clad in pink rushed quickly towards Gabrielle. She hugged her tightly.

It was Lolita Anderson. She worked as an intern designer and joined the studio one month after Gabrielle. She graduated from a foreign jewelry design university, so the two of them had many common topics to talk about. They quickly became friends.

Lolita liked Gabrielle the most over everyone else in the studio.

Moreover, Lolita's looks were true to her name. She had a very cute and beautiful baby face, similar to that of a doll's.

"Of course I would come back, Lolita! I just felt a little unwell for some time and so I was away, resting. But I'm feeling much better now, so I decided to come back," Gabrielle explained.

Only Austin knew the truth: she hadn't gotten leave because she was sick, but rather because she was getting married. She was too busy with all those arrangements to come into work.

Now it seemed she had more free time, so she came back into work.

But Austin couldn't hold his anger back when he knew it was Westley whom Gabrielle was marrying.

That was not something he felt comfortable with.

"How are you feeling now?" Lolita was assessing her very carefully, thinking that she looked very much okay.

She seemed to be healthy, but there were some faint scars on her face.

"I'm feeling great... how else would I come back?" Gabrielle smiled.

"Yes, but there are some scars on your face. What happened?" Lolita was very sharp. She managed to notice the scars even though they were very faint.

Gabrielle touched her face subconsciously and forced a smile. "Nothing, my face is fine. This was a minor accident, but I've recovered now. Please give me a hand with the food."

"Sure, I'll help you hand them out!" Lolita went ahead and enthusiastically shared the food with everyone around her.

"Oh, our Miss Jones is finally willing to come back. I always knew that you weren't feeling well, but I didn't know where you were hospitalized so we could never come and visit you." A sharp and shrill female voice rang out into the air.

Gabrielle knew who it was before she even saw the owner of the voice. Guessing rightly, she saw the woman who had spoken out, wearing a classy white skirt, striding towards her.

She was Vivian Allen, one of the jewelry designers at the studio. Vivian was one of the most renowned people in the jewelry design industry of Antawood. She liked Jason, but Jason looked after Gabrielle at the studio. In Vivian's eyes, Gabrielle was her rival when it came to matters of the heart, so there was clearly some hate towards Gabrielle because of that.

In fact, Vivian hated Gabrielle as much as Lolita liked Gabrielle.

When Jason wasn't around, Vivian was sure to make life difficult for Gabrielle.

But Gabrielle never wanted to confront Vivian, especially around others. She didn't think it was serious enough to bother Jason about it, so she preferred to deal with this issue by herself. In fact, telling Jason would only create more trouble. Gabrielle had gotten the job because of a strong recommendation from Austin after all.

After joining at the studio, she had been working and studying hard, but she still felt that she didn't quite deserve this job because she used other people's recommendations; she never got in through her own merits. Because of this, she tried to stay as low-key as possible and avoid any sort of conflicts. Staying away from Vivian was because she didn't want to cause trouble in the workplace - not because she was scared of her.