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

to answer? Admit he was worried about her? Ugh… He

“Hmph.”

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

that

nodded, “I’m fine, you

like that, she’s sending him away?

tightness in his chest, he protested, “Leave? It’s pitch black, how am I supposed to leave?”

have

“My phone’s dead!”

right, wait here for a

Sherilyn turned back to continue her search

joined Sherilyn, looking down slightly. “What are

“Candles.”

“You actually have

naturally. “Power outages are common here. The landlord and

it was this kind of place and

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

Sherilyn he knew, once

“Here.”

back of the drawer,

smiled slightly,

light it up and you can

“Heh.”

glanced at her sideways.

You said you couldn’t see.”

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

pushed away Sherilyn’s hand holding the

“Fine, don’t take

she froze, her body tensing as she

“What?”

“Ah!”

was startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped the candle

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

know what had happened, but instinctively, he reached out

an

her own reaction, she wrapped her

ah…”

the other hand, was

held in his arms,

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