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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her? Ugh… He

“Hmph.”

Otherwise, if something happened

so that was

fine, you can leave now.”

sending him

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

you have your phone?”

“My phone’s dead!”

here for

something, Sherilyn turned back to continue her search in the cabinet for

Sherilyn, looking down slightly. “What are you looking

“Candles.”

again. “You actually

are common here. The landlord and

knew it was this kind of place and still she

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

she really the same Sherilyn he knew, once so

“Here.”

back of the drawer, she found the candles.

smiled slightly,

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

“Heh.”

glanced at her sideways. “Thanks… but no

You said you couldn’t see.”

his disdain. “Expect me to

he pushed away Sherilyn’s hand holding the

muttering, “Fine, don’t take it then.

body tensing as she grabbed

“What?”

“Ah!”

she was startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped the candle and

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

what had happened, but instinctively, he reached

so, Sherilyn, like an octopus,

she wrapped her

ah…”

other hand, was

soft bundle, held in

without thinking too much, he held her tighter, his other hand cradling the back of her