Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 103

Look, the one eager to see her was him.

And the one sneaking around, afraid of getting caught, was also him!

Sherilyn arrived ten minutes earlier than the time they'd agreed upon. The club was members-only, and she had to give the man's name before the staff would let her in. "Right this way, please."

"Thanks."

Sherilyn, with her bag slung over her shoulder, followed the staff member inside.

The lighting inside was dim, and since it was her first visit, even with a staff member guiding her, she felt a bit out of place.

As they walked down the corridor, suddenly, a door swung open and a man stepped out. And just like that, they bumped into each other.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Sherilyn instinctively apologized.

"It's no big..."

The man started to say but stopped as soon as he saw who it was. Gilbert, phone in hand, had a look of shock.

"Sherilyn?"

Sherilyn was startled. Why was it him?

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

was poor, but even so, one could sense the

"What's the matter? You can come here and I can't? Is it a crime for

your business." Sherilyn had no time for this. "I've

staff member who was leading her

you waiting," Sherilyn said as she hurried to

take

disappeared around a corner with the staff member,

phone, his fist clenched.

business? Fine,

poking his nose into other people's

booth, Gilbert was restless. Yates and

"What's got into you?"

"Trouble with Caroline again?"

ages, and Gilbert never took it to heart, sometimes

asked them, "What do you think a girl is doing

and

them. But many were here for secret rendezvous. Because the privacy here was

laughed. "What else would she be doing here? Mr. Gilbert, don't tell me you didn't know about

a look, and Derek got the hint.

hadn't he?

had cooled

the one you were supporting,

doing? If Mr. Gilbert isn't sponsoring her, she's got to let others... Those from places like the Neon Nights Bar, they all end up the same..." Gilbert remembered Sherilyn saying