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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answer? Admit he was worried about her? Ugh… He couldn’t bring himself to say something

“Hmph.”

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

so that was

you can leave now.”

that, she’s sending him away? His kindness meant nothing

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

have

“My phone’s dead!”

here for

Sherilyn turned back to continue her search in the cabinet

joined Sherilyn, looking down slightly. “What are you

“Candles.”

was shocked again. “You

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

She knew it was this kind of place and still she

at the girl’s profile in the dim light,

Sherilyn he knew, once so

“Here.”

to the back of the drawer, she

slightly,

light it up and

“Heh.”

glanced at her sideways. “Thanks… but

not? You said you couldn’t see.”

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

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

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

she froze, her body tensing

“What?”

“Ah!”

suddenly dropped the candle and leaped up!

“Sherilyn! Sherilyn?”

instinctively, he reached out and caught her.

like an octopus, clung to him.

her arms around

ah…”

on the other hand, was overwhelmed.

a soft bundle, held in

he held her tighter, his other hand cradling the back of her head, pulling her closer.