Lock You In My Heart novel Chapter 358

Lacey Murphy and others turned to glance at Vivian after she said those words. Lacey was Cayden's elder sister. She and Vivian had been friends while they were younger. In fact, Vivian was only here because she was with Lacey.

What Vivian had just said really got Lacey curious, and outside just now she suspected that Vivian knew quite some much about that woman.

"Tell me what you know about her, Vivian," Lacey whispered curiously.

"Well, I don't know so much. But you are my friend. That's why I'm going to tell you that the woman's name is Gabrielle. She works as an assistant at Jason's studio and is his only apprentice. I don't know how she could get to know Jason through Austin and become his apprentice soon after. One must really not underestimate her, especially now that she is still able to hook up with Mr. Morris. I just realized that I underestimated this woman before. I feel ashamed already that she's my colleague, and I don't want others to know about that," Vivian said, her lips curved in disgust.

Although she seemed to be repulsed by Gabrielle, she in fact was only jealous.

She found it hard to imagine why the man she loved could accept Gabrielle as his apprentice. Worse still, Jason treated her more kindly than a teacher would treat an apprentice, but Vivian understood he did that mostly because of Austin.

Yet she felt so jealous of Gabrielle. How on earth did she even hook up with Westley?

Vivian was really piqued at how Gabrielle always managed to go about this.

"Is she the woman your dream guy accepted as his apprentice?" Lacey asked, glancing straight over to where Gabrielle was sitting.

At first, she hadn't really paid much attention to Gabrielle when Mia had led her in. But when Micheal had responded to Gabrielle's greeting with a warm, huge smile, Lacey had thrust all her attention at her.

The woman was quite very pretty, but Lacey detested her all the more.

She had loved Micheal dearly all these years, but she had never been able to tell him how she felt because he was so cold to her. It was obvious he didn't like her. More than once, she had felt the urge to tell him, to tell him she loved him. But she was afraid that she would lose the casual friendship she had with him if she did that.

Despite how this hurt her, only one thing had given her relief – Micheal had no other woman in his life.

All he was obsessed with was working hard at his career and taking care of his sister, Mia. He was so cold and arrogant that he didn't consider his own love life at all. Once, Lacey planned on knowing more about Micheal's personal life by inquiring about his family. But not only did they know nothing about his private life, they had no right to interfere with it.

Lacey had long been resolved to be content with things inasmuch as Micheal found no other woman.

He seemed too distant and proud to have anything to do with women.

But now, she felt everything crashing down her feet when she saw him flash Gabrielle a warm, huge smile.

"Well, who else can it be? See how she looks so simple. You would never believe she is the very devil, so scheming and ambitious." Vivian smiled faintly, her voice discolored with malice.

Of course, Lacey understood Vivian meant that Gabrielle looked innocent while, in fact, she was not.

Smirking, Lacey said, "I can see that, too. She's the kind of woman who pretends to be pure just to exploit the rich and find her way up the social ladder. The simpler she looks, the more scheming she is. What a golddigger!" The disgust was heavy in her voice. She hated such kind

of women and held them in contempt.

But there were so many women like her in the society now. Wasn't Gabrielle just more scheming than the others? She would not be afraid of it.

"You should not say that here, Lacey. Mr. Morris will be angry if he hears you saying that. You know she's his woman, don't you?" Vivian reminded, hushing her gently.

Lacey snorted and rolled her eyes. "You don't have to remind me. In fact, I know what to do,"

Lacey replied determinedly. She and Vivian were alike in a lot of ways, both having even the same character. Maybe, that was why they were both good friends and why Lacey cared so much about her. Yet, Lacey had a temper, being the eldest daughter of the Murphy family.

She didn't know how to hide her grievances. Instead, she would air them out so bluntly, not caring about what others felt.

"Where are you going to, Lacey?" Vivian asked, alarmed when she saw Lacey rise suddenly with a glass of wine.

But deep down, she felt so glad.

If what Vivian thought was right, Lacey was going to make trouble for Gabrielle.

It would serve Gabrielle right. How dare she hang around with other people's men? Now she was being so close to Micheal whom Lacey so much liked. Vivian trusted Lacey; she would treat as an enemy any other woman who tried to get close to Micheal.

It was obvious that Lacey saw Gabrielle as an enemy now.

"I'm going to propose a toast to Micheal. Today is his birthday," Lacey said, glancing at Vivian, a mischievous glint in her eyes. Then she strode towards to Micheal.

"Happy birthday, Micheal," Lacey called in a chirpy voice as she stood beside Micheal, staring down at him and holding up her glass of wine.

Micheal hesitated at first. Then he raised his glass and clinked it gently with hers. "Thank you, Lacey."

"You don't have to say that to me, Micheal," she said in a soft voice, grinning, looking at him with gentle eyes.

"Okay," Micheal replied quietly and looked away, taciturn.

She smiled still. She didn't expect so much from him. After all, he had always been this silent in front of her.

Lacey turned to Gabrielle. "Miss Jones, since you're a new friend, can I have a drink with you?" she asked, pouring another and proposing the toast to Gabrielle.

Gabrielle knew that this woman was Cayden's sister and Vivian's friend, too. She knew Vivian had a hand in the hostile way Lacey now looked at her.

So smiling warmly, Gabrielle stood up. "So pleased to meet you, Miss Murphy," Gabrielle said. "I will down the whole glass of wine."

Then she raised her head and tossed all the content of the glass into her mouth.

Westley watched Gabrielle silently and wondered how long she could pretend.

"I like you, Miss Jones. You're so honest. Do you mind having another glass with me?" Lacey asked and at once poured another glass of wine. She was known for being so good at drinking and getting men drunk.

So getting Gabrielle drunk was going to be really a small thing for her.

Angry, Westley swung to his feet and yanked the empty glass off Gabrielle's hand. Just then, Mia stood up and handed Gabrielle a glass of juice before Westley could say anything. She turned to Lacey and fixed her a long, exasperated look. "Lacey, Gabrielle is my friend, and she has stomach trouble. She can't drink like you. I must warn you. If anything happens to her today, I won't take it lightly with you at all. And I'm sure you don't want to get my brother displeased in his birthday party."

Mia fumed. They all knew that Mia would not show any kindness to anyone if she was pissed off.