Lock You In My Heart novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5 It Is Really A Good Scheme

“Austin, I don’t need these shoes. I’d better wear the pair I was wearing earlier.” Gabrielle could tell Westley didn’t like her talking to Austin. She didn’t want the two of them to fight because of her.

 

“It’s okay, Gabrielle. Just take it. I’ll pay Miah from your side, don’t worry.”

Westley came to Gabrielle’s side. The feeling of his tall body next to hers made Gabrielle nervous.

 

Westley looked down at the blisters on Gabrielle’s white and tender feet with narrow eyes and pursed lips.

 

“Mr. Morris, here is the ointment.” A servant brought a green opaque tube.

 

Westley, the second youngest master of the family, was the most frightening one. He had been enrolled in the military for many years, and was trained to be strict and righteous. His mere presence scared everyone else.

 

“Thank you.” Gabrielle was about to take the tube but Austin grabbed it first.

 

Gabrielle glanced up at Austin. “Austin, let me do it.”

 

“Gabrielle, let me help you.” Austin opened the tube, completely ignoring Westley.

 

“You two know each other? How intimate you are!” said Westley through his teeth, looking at him and Gabrielle with accusing eyes.

 

“Westley, Gabrielle used to be an intern at Jason’s studio. We are friends,” Austin explained calmly. He didn’t see why he shouldn’t be friendly with Gabrielle.

 

“No matter how friendly you are, from now on, Gabrielle is your sister-in-law. The Morris family and the Foster family must have taught you to respect the elders, haven’t they?” Westley’s face was calm, but his eyes were cold.

 

Gabrielle could tell Westley was annoyed. In just a day, she had found out that he was a short-tempered person.

 

“Gabrielle, you also cannot talk to him so casually. You are his sister-in-law. Go and wait for me in the car with the ointment,”

Westley ordered with his hands tucked in his pockets.

 

Without wasting another moment, Gabrielle quickly took the ointment, wore the shoes Austin had gotten for her, and went to the car.

 

“Westley, I thought you were marrying Nellie. How did you end up marrying Gabrielle? How do you even know her?”

Austin asked directly.

 

“That’s none of your business. Remember that she is my wife now. Don’t be too friendly with her. I don’t want to hear any nasty rumors,”

said Westley in a low voice. His gaze was fixed on Austin’s face.

 

The two cousins were not very close in the first place. Seeing that Austin already knew Gabrielle, Westley found his nerves were set on edge. Although he did not like Gabrielle himself, he had still married her. Now she needed to behave like Mrs. Morris.

 

“You are misunderstanding. Gabrielle and I are only friends!”

Austin smiled innocently.

 

“I only wanted to know why you married Gabrielle instead of Nellie,” Austin said without any hesitation.

 

He really wanted to know what was going on. He knew Westley had been in love with Nellie. Why then, had he married Gabrielle? And where was Nellie?

 

On the other hand, Gabrielle was about to enter the car when Liana stopped her.

 

“Wait a minute, Gabrielle!”

 

Gabrielle turned around to find Liana standing with her arms folded against her chest. “Aunt Liana, what’s the matter?”

 

Gabrielle knew Liana was the last person in the Morris family to like her. She was staring at Gabrielle like an arch-nemesis.

 

“Gabrielle, don’t think that you have successfully become the young hostess of the Morris family. Westley only married you so the wedding didn’t have to be called off!”