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

worried about her? Ugh… He

“Hmph.”

going on. Otherwise, if something happened to you, I’d have a hard time explaining it

that was

nodded, “I’m fine, you

just like that, she’s sending him away? His

protested, “Leave? It’s pitch black,

have

“My phone’s dead!”

wait here

her search in the cabinet

for what? Gilbert, puzzled, stood up and joined Sherilyn, looking down

“Candles.”

shocked again. “You actually have those here?”

landlord and the agent

this kind of

looking at the girl’s profile in the dim light, he

she really the same Sherilyn he knew, once so high and mighty?

“Here.”

the drawer, she found

smiled slightly,

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

“Heh.”

sideways. “Thanks… but no thanks!”

You

Gilbert expressed his disdain. “Expect me

that, he pushed away Sherilyn’s hand holding the candle. “Put it

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

she froze, her body tensing

“What?”

“Ah!”

dropped the

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

know what had happened, but instinctively, he

Sherilyn, like an octopus,

of her own reaction, she wrapped her arms

ah…”

on the other hand, was overwhelmed.

soft bundle, held in his arms, clinging to him.

Adam’s apple bobbed, and without thinking too much, he held her tighter, his other hand cradling the back of her head, pulling