Gabrielle suddenly realized her mistake. She really shouldn't have saved Victor. Now, that would cost her dearly. But how could she have known? She had no idea who he was before saving him.
At that time, Victor was in a very critical situation. They had to act quickly. If they didn't do anything, he would have died before their eyes.
"He is indeed a trouble," Westley said honestly.
Victor was a cruel and unscrupulous man. In fact, it was the characteristic of his whole family. They were all cruel and bloodthirsty people who did not hesitate to use any means to achieve their goals.
"I'm so sorry I got you into trouble. I shouldn't have saved Victor back then," Gabrielle apologized with a dejected look.
It was only out of kindness that she had saved Victor. But if she had known it would get Westley in trouble, she certainly wouldn't have.
Staring intently at Gabrielle, Westley asked in earnest, "If you had known that saving him would cause me trouble, would you still have saved him?"
Gabrielle hesitated for a while before shaking her head firmly. "I don't want to cause you any trouble, and I do not want anyone to hurt you."
"I know you very well, Gabrielle. You really are a good person and you can't stand to see people suffer. Don't you think if you had the opportunity to save Victor one more time, you would do it anyway?" As he spoke, Westley held Gabrielle's hand and looked at her seriously.
After a short pause, a faint smile appeared on Gabrielle's face. "You're right," she said. "I'm sure I might save him again. All life is sacred, right?"
"Besides, he even worked for you for free," Westley said in a jealous tone.
For a moment, Gabrielle was stunned. She didn't expect that Westley still remembered such a trivial thing. She couldn't deny it at all.
"I know now that I was wrong to do so. Never again would I ask a stranger for help. You are my only hero!" Gabrielle then stood on her tiptoes and kissed Westley on the lips.
At the touch of Gabrielle's moist lips, Westley's face softened a little and a faint smile appeared on his face. Gabrielle knew him well and she knew how to soften him up when necessary. If she didn't act like this, he would still be angry.
"I like it better. Don't forget who you are, Gabrielle. You are my wife. As such, you should never promise anything to other men. Anyway, they all have ulterior motives when they come to you." Westley's face was serious as he spoke.
He wouldn't allow anyone or anything to disturb Gabrielle's peace and quiet. She was an exceptional woman, kind, pure and generous. He loved her from the bottom of his heart and was ready to protect her for the rest of his life.
Westley feared that because of her naiveté, she would be used by other men.
"You have my word that I won't do that again," Gabrielle said seriously.
Westley didn't seem mad at her, nor did he care about the trouble she had unwittingly caused. However, Gabrielle felt quite guilty and uneasy.
After all, it was her fault. If she hadn't saved Victor, Westley wouldn't be in trouble now and he wouldn't have been hurt.
"Hey, Gabrielle, look at me!" Westley said, seeing that she looked absent-minded and uneasy.
"Yeah..."
"Don't blame yourself, okay? You didn't do anything wrong."
"Westley, I won't let this happen to you again. Next time you tell me we shouldn't save someone, I'll listen to you." She hoped with all her heart that Westley would believe her. It was out of the question that she still ventured to save strangers without knowing what they really had in mind. She didn't want Westley to get in trouble again.
The experience with Victor had served her well as a lesson. She hadn't expected him to be such a dangerous man.
That day, when she saw Victor in the temple, she quickly realized he was seriously injured. She didn't think too much at the time. All she knew was that he was in very bad shape and needed help. Gabrielle had no idea then that it wasn't an injury caused by disease or anything of the sort, but that someone had inflicted it on him.
"Don't worry, Gabrielle. You can do whatever you want whenever you want. I'm not going to ask you to go against your nature, and I'm certainly not going to try to tell you how to behave. If you want to do something, do it. If it causes problems afterwards, I will solve them for you." Westley looked Gabrielle in the eye as he spoke.
As far as he was concerned, his wife could do whatever she wanted to do. He definitely wasn't going to tell her what to do.
If Gabrielle ac
cidentally caused any trouble, he knew he could help her solve them.
Westley felt that Gabrielle needed a strong husband who could protect her. If he couldn't, then he just didn't deserve to be her husband.
Gabrielle suddenly placed a gentle kiss on Westley's lips. "Why are you so nice to me?" she asked timidly.
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