Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 128

What was going on?

Everything was shrouded in total darkness, making it impossible to see anything.

Gilbert jerked his head up, looking in the direction of Sherilyn’s apartment. It was dark there too. The thought of her rundown place….

A girl like her, she must be scared, right?

Without further thought, Gilbert whipped out his phone, turned on the flashlight, and started moving.

This time, he hadn’t brought anything with him. Thanks to his long legs, he took the stairs. several at a time and quickly reached the fifth floor.

Inside the apartment, Sherilyn was using her phone as a light, rummaging through drawers for a candle.

Hearing a knock, she was surprised. Rushing to the door, she asked, “Who’s there?”

“Who else could it be?”

In the darkness, Gilbert’s deep gaze met hers. “What, you have a lot of visitors? Besides that door–to–door salesman last time, who else comes here?”

Sherilyn blinked, confused, and shook her head. “No one else.”

“Hmph.” With a grunt, Gilbert stepped inside and made himself comfortable on the couch. “What’s going on?”

Sherilyn explained, “The power’s out.”

“What?” Gilbert couldn’t believe it. “A power outage?”

In this day and age? Sunhaven was such a developed place. How could there possibly be a power outage?

“That’s the thing,” Sherilyn said, “Serenity Street is in the old district. Many of the lines are ancient, so repairs are a common occurrence.”

This was something Mr. Johnson, who grew up in an affluent area, could hardly understand.

“Why…” Gilbert frowned, clearly displeased. “Why are you so stubborn about living here?”

She didn’t want to answer his question. Instead, she asked him, “Did you come up here for something?”

At that, Gilbert hesitated.

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he supposed to answer? Admit he was worried about her? Ugh… He couldn’t bring himself to say something

“Hmph.”

to see what’s going on. Otherwise, if something happened to you, I’d have

that was it.

fine, you can leave

him away? His kindness meant

chest, he protested, “Leave? It’s pitch black, how am I

have your phone?”

“My phone’s dead!”

here

continue her search in the

up and joined Sherilyn, looking down slightly.

“Candles.”

again. “You actually

outages are common here. The landlord and the agent

kind of place and still she

the dim light,

he knew, once so high and

“Here.”

of the drawer, she found the

smiled slightly,

one to Gilbert, “Here’s one for you, light it

“Heh.”

at her sideways.

was perplexed. “Why not? You

“Expect me to carry this thing downstairs? No chance!”

Sherilyn’s hand holding the candle.

don’t take

froze, her body tensing

“What?”

“Ah!”

was startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped the candle and leaped

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

instinctively, he

Sherilyn, like an octopus, clung

wrapped her arms around Gilbert’s neck,

ah…”

other hand,

bundle, held in his arms,

too much, he held her tighter, his other hand cradling the back of her