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?

“Hmph.”

something happened to you, I’d have a hard time explaining it to Grandma.”

so that

nodded, “I’m fine, you can leave now.”

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

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

you have

“My phone’s dead!”

right, wait here for

turned back to continue her search in the

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

“Candles.”

“You actually have those here?”

here. The landlord and the

knew it was this kind of place and still she

profile in the

same Sherilyn he

“Here.”

to the back of the drawer, she found

slightly, “Got

light

“Heh.”

sideways. “Thanks… but no

“Why not? You

ugly!” Gilbert expressed his disdain. “Expect me to carry this thing downstairs?

hand holding

“Fine, don’t take it then. What’s with

body tensing

“What?”

“Ah!”

startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped the

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

but instinctively, he reached out

Sherilyn, like an octopus, clung

wrapped her arms

ah…”

the other hand, was overwhelmed.

a soft bundle, held in his arms, clinging

tighter, his other hand cradling the back of her head, pulling