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

“Hmph.”

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

so that was

you can leave

him

feeling a tightness in his chest, he protested, “Leave? It’s

have your

“My phone’s dead!”

right, wait here for a

turned back to continue her search in

joined Sherilyn, looking down

“Candles.”

shocked again. “You actually have those

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

this kind of place and still she rented it?

in the dim light, he felt a strong

he

“Here.”

back of the drawer, she found the candles.

slightly,

handed one to Gilbert, “Here’s one for you, light it up and you can see your way downstairs.

“Heh.”

at her sideways. “Thanks…

was perplexed. “Why not? You said you couldn’t

Gilbert expressed his disdain. “Expect me

away Sherilyn’s hand holding the candle.

don’t take it then. What’s

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

“What?”

“Ah!”

was startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped the

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

didn’t know what had happened, but instinctively, he reached out and

so, Sherilyn, like an octopus,

wrapped her arms around Gilbert’s neck, panicking,

ah…”

other hand, was overwhelmed.

a soft bundle, held in

too much, he held her tighter, his other hand cradling