Lock You In My Heart novel Chapter 389

Gabrielle went straight to the opened room and found that Jackson was already there, casting her an indifferent glance.

"You arrived just on time," Jackson remarked with a voice laden with sarcasm.

Naturally, Gabrielle figured what he was implying. It was probably about the last time she was almost late to pick Melissa up.

She was well aware of his personality. Jackson was indifferent, stingy, and he was prone to mock people about their mistakes over and over.

So, Gabrielle could only blame herself for her bad luck. She felt bad that everything she did was unsatisfactory for Jackson.

This man was not only unfriendly to her, he was this way to everyone else as well.

"Good morning, Jackson." Gabrielle tried her best to stifle her dissatisfaction deep down, showing a well-behaved attitude towards Jackson.

His anger disappeared within the blink of an eye. He just couldn't bring himself to explode in front of someone like her.

After all, there was a saying that you shouldn't hit smiling people.

"Come in." Having said that, Jackson turned around and walked in.

Gabrielle breathed a sigh of relief before entering the room and closing the door behind her.

The moment she stepped foot inside, she noticed that aside from Melissa and Jackson, there were five other people of different ages sitting in the living room. All of them were well-dressed and had an air of nobility. It was obvious that they weren't ordinary people.

Gabrielle sensed a strange familiarity from these people. She guessed that they might be friends of Melissa.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be invited into Melissa's room.

Upon seeing how formally dressed everyone was, Gabrielle now realized that her clothing weren't up to par with theirs. Subconsciously, she looked down at her casual clothing, which were comfortable for a walk outside. She wore them for the sake of convenience when she was heading to the cemetery earlier. But she never anticipated that Melissa would invite her over, nor did she expect that Melissa had friends over. They were all dressed in fancy clothing, and some of them even had evening gowns and wore light makeup.

Had she known about this in advance, she would've gone to the mall to pick out some decent clothing.

Gabrielle felt like she didn't fit in, so she wanted to run away as soon as possible. If she had been able to see this scene before entering the room, she never would've had the courage to walk in.

She glanced at Melissa, and then at Jackson, as if complaining that he didn't tell her the situation inside the room from the start.

Although Jackson could tell how Gabrielle must be feeling right now, he didn't remark about it and just ignored it completely.

"Gabrielle, come here!" Melissa greeted her with a bright smile the moment she saw her. She then beckoned her to come closer.

Now that Gabrielle was here and everyone caught sight of her, there was no more turning back. More importantly, Melissa wanted to speak to her, so she had no choice but to go over there.

"Hi, Ms. Glyn! I'm wondering… why am I here?" Gabrielle tried hard to adjust herself by thinking of what Westley told her before.

He told her that she was an excellent person and that she didn't have to be insecure of anything. All she needed to do was to have confidence in herself.

This time, she didn't want to be a coward.

"Gabrielle, these are some of my friends in the jewelry industry, and they came to talk to me about something. I figured it might be a knowledgeable discussion for you, so I called you over. I hope I'm not taking up too much of your time," Melissa responded, looking at Gabrielle.

It took Gabrielle by surprise that Melissa called her here to chat with these bigwigs.

Just like Melissa, her friends were of high social standing. They were all respectable individuals in th

e jewelry industry.

She had seen them in photos, magazines, and even websites about jewelry designing, but she had never gotten a deep impression of them, so she recognized them all, yet they felt so strange to her at the same time.