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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answer? Admit he was worried about her? Ugh… He couldn’t bring himself to

“Hmph.”

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

that

“I’m fine, you can leave

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

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

you have

“My phone’s dead!”

wait here for a sec.”

to continue her search in the cabinet

puzzled, stood up and joined Sherilyn, looking down

“Candles.”

“You actually

outages are common here. The landlord and the agent both

it was this kind of place and

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

same Sherilyn he knew, once

“Here.”

the drawer, she found the

smiled slightly, “Got

you, light it up and you can see your way

“Heh.”

her sideways. “Thanks… but no thanks!”

perplexed. “Why not? You

disdain. “Expect me

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

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

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

“What?”

“Ah!”

dropped the candle

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

but instinctively, he reached out and caught her.

so, Sherilyn, like an

her own reaction, she wrapped her arms around Gilbert’s neck, panicking,

ah…”

other hand, was overwhelmed.

held in his

he held her tighter, his other hand