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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Chapter 128

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

“Hmph.”

on. Otherwise, if something happened to you, I’d have a

that

“I’m fine, you can

sending him away? His

a tightness in his chest, he protested, “Leave? It’s pitch black, how am

you have your phone?”

“My phone’s dead!”

here for

to continue her search in the cabinet for

puzzled, stood up and joined Sherilyn, looking down

“Candles.”

shocked again. “You actually have those

here. The landlord and the agent both told me about

of place and still she

deepened, and looking at the girl’s profile in the dim light, he felt a strong sense of unfamiliarity.

he knew, once so

“Here.”

of the drawer, she found

smiled slightly, “Got

for you, light it up

“Heh.”

her sideways.

was perplexed. “Why not? You said you couldn’t see.”

ugly!” Gilbert expressed his disdain. “Expect me to

hand holding the candle. “Put

speechless, muttering, “Fine, don’t take it

body tensing as

“What?”

“Ah!”

startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped the candle

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

what had happened, but instinctively, he reached out and caught her.

Sherilyn, like an octopus,

of her own reaction, she wrapped her arms around Gilbert’s

ah…”

the other

soft bundle, held in his arms,

he held her tighter, his other hand cradling the back of her head, pulling her closer.