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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worried about her? Ugh… He couldn’t

“Hmph.”

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

that

nodded, “I’m fine, you can leave now.”

she’s sending him away? His kindness

protested, “Leave? It’s pitch

you have your phone?”

“My phone’s dead!”

wait here for a sec.”

Sherilyn turned back to continue her search in the cabinet

up and joined Sherilyn, looking

“Candles.”

again. “You actually have those here?”

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

knew it was this kind of place and still she

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

really the same Sherilyn he knew, once so high and mighty?

“Here.”

to the back of the drawer,

smiled slightly,

“Here’s one for you, light it up

“Heh.”

her sideways.

You said you couldn’t

“Expect me to carry this thing

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

take it then. What’s with the

she froze, her body tensing as

“What?”

“Ah!”

startled, Sherilyn suddenly dropped the candle and

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

but instinctively,

so, Sherilyn, like an octopus, clung to him.

reaction, she wrapped her arms around Gilbert’s neck,

ah…”

on the other hand,

soft bundle, held in his arms,

and without thinking too much, he held her tighter,