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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he was worried about her?

“Hmph.”

“Just came to see what’s going on. Otherwise, if something happened to you, I’d have a hard

so that was

fine, you can

sending him away? His kindness meant nothing

chest, he protested, “Leave? It’s pitch black, how am I supposed to

have your phone?”

“My phone’s dead!”

here for a sec.”

something, Sherilyn turned back to continue her search

Sherilyn, looking down slightly. “What are you

“Candles.”

Gilbert was shocked again. “You actually have those here?”

outages are common here. The landlord and the agent both told me

of

girl’s profile in the dim light, he felt

really the same Sherilyn he

“Here.”

the back of the drawer,

slightly, “Got it.”

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

“Heh.”

at her sideways. “Thanks… but no thanks!”

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

disdain. “Expect me to carry this thing

hand holding the candle. “Put it

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

froze, her body tensing

“What?”

“Ah!”

Sherilyn suddenly dropped the candle

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

what had happened, but instinctively, he reached out and caught

like an octopus,

her arms around

ah…”

other

soft bundle, held in his arms, clinging to him.

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