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

he was worried about her? Ugh… He

“Hmph.”

if something happened to you, I’d have a

so that

fine, you can

sending him away? His kindness meant nothing to

chest, he protested, “Leave? It’s

you have your

“My phone’s dead!”

right, wait here for

her search in

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

“Candles.”

again. “You actually have

landlord and the agent both told me about it, so I came

kind of place and still

the girl’s profile in the dim light, he felt a strong sense

she really the same Sherilyn he knew,

“Here.”

back of the drawer, she found

smiled slightly, “Got

you, light it up and you can see your way downstairs.

“Heh.”

at her sideways.

perplexed. “Why not? You said

ugly!” Gilbert expressed his disdain. “Expect me to carry

pushed away Sherilyn’s hand holding the candle. “Put it away!”

don’t take it then. What’s with

she froze, her body tensing as she

“What?”

“Ah!”

was startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

instinctively, he reached out and caught

like an octopus, clung to him.

own reaction, she wrapped her arms around Gilbert’s

ah…”

the other hand, was

bundle, held in his arms,

and without thinking too much, he held her tighter, his other