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 was worried about her? Ugh…

“Hmph.”

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

that was

you can

she’s sending him away? His kindness meant

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

you have your

“My phone’s dead!”

right, wait here

back to continue her search in

Gilbert, puzzled, stood up and joined Sherilyn, looking down

“Candles.”

“You actually have those

Sherilyn responded naturally. “Power outages are common here. The landlord and the agent both

knew it was this kind of place

profile in the dim light, he felt a strong sense of unfamiliarity.

he knew, once so high and

“Here.”

the drawer, she found the

smiled slightly, “Got

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

“Heh.”

at her sideways. “Thanks… but

You

disdain. “Expect me to carry this thing downstairs? No

hand holding the candle. “Put it away!”

speechless, muttering, “Fine, don’t take it then. What’s with the attitude?”

her body tensing as she grabbed Gilbert’s

“What?”

“Ah!”

startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

had happened, but instinctively, he reached out and

Sherilyn, like an octopus,

own reaction, she wrapped her arms around

ah…”

the other hand, was

bundle, held in his arms, clinging

he held her tighter, his other hand cradling the back of