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

her? Ugh… He couldn’t bring himself to say

“Hmph.”

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

that was

fine, you can

she’s sending him away? His kindness meant nothing

he protested, “Leave? It’s pitch black,

have your

“My phone’s dead!”

wait here for a sec.”

turned back to continue her search in

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

“Candles.”

again. “You actually

landlord and the agent

of place and still

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

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

“Here.”

the back of the drawer,

smiled slightly, “Got

one for you, light it up

“Heh.”

glanced at her sideways.

“Why not? You said you couldn’t

“Expect me

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

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

she froze, her body tensing as she grabbed Gilbert’s

“What?”

“Ah!”

startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

instinctively, he reached out and caught her.

so, Sherilyn, like an octopus, clung to

reaction, she wrapped her arms around

ah…”

other hand, was

a soft bundle, held in his arms, clinging to

he held her tighter, his other hand