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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to answer? Admit he was worried about her? Ugh… He

“Hmph.”

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

that was it.

you can leave

that, she’s sending him away? His kindness meant nothing to

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

have

“My phone’s dead!”

here for a sec.”

continue her search in the cabinet for

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

“Candles.”

“You actually have those

naturally. “Power outages are common here. The landlord and the agent both told me about it, so

kind of place

the dim

he knew, once so

“Here.”

of the drawer, she found the candles.

smiled slightly, “Got

light it up and you can see your

“Heh.”

her sideways. “Thanks… but no thanks!”

perplexed. “Why not? You said

his disdain. “Expect me

away Sherilyn’s hand holding the

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

body tensing as

“What?”

“Ah!”

dropped the candle

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

didn’t know what had happened, but instinctively, he

so, Sherilyn, like an

her own reaction, she wrapped her

ah…”

the other hand,

a soft bundle, held in his arms, clinging to

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