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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about her? Ugh… He couldn’t bring himself

“Hmph.”

see what’s going on. Otherwise, if something happened

that was

“I’m fine, you can leave now.”

like that, she’s sending him

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

have

“My phone’s dead!”

here for a sec.”

Sherilyn turned back to continue her search in the cabinet for

puzzled, stood up and joined Sherilyn, looking down slightly. “What are you looking

“Candles.”

“You

“Power outages are common here. The landlord and the

it was this kind of place and

profile in the dim light, he felt a

the same Sherilyn he knew, once so high and

“Here.”

to the back of the

slightly, “Got it.”

“Here’s one for you, light it up and you can see

“Heh.”

at her sideways. “Thanks…

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

“Expect me to carry this thing downstairs? No

hand holding the candle.

don’t take it then. What’s with the attitude?”

body tensing as she

“What?”

“Ah!”

suddenly dropped the candle and

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

what had happened, but instinctively, he reached

an octopus, clung to

she wrapped her arms around Gilbert’s neck,

ah…”

other

held in his

her tighter, his other hand cradling