Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 131

“Okay…” Gilbert agreed.

When the topic of a birthday bash came up, Gilbert nodded, but then his expression changed slightly, a hint of surprise flickering in his eyes.

“Grandma, what did you just say? What… suitable match?”

Sylvia shot him a look, her tone laced with irritation, “Don’t you know what ‘finding a suitable match‘ means?”

Of course, he knew!

And because he knew, Gilbert felt a bit agitated. “Grandma, please, not this again.”

What was she thinking? Throwing a birthday party for Sherilyn, inviting all the eligible bachelors from Sunhaven to choose from?

“Grandma.” Gilbert rubbed his forehead, saying, “Everyone in Sunhaven knows about us, about me and Sherilyn.”

“And whose fault is that?”

scoffed, “If you’d just commit to her properly, I wouldn’t have to worry about this, would I?”

“But, Grandma…”

up finding someone old enough to be her father again, right?

sigh, “You let her go, you wronged her, and I wronged her too. If I don’t

Gilbert was at a loss for words, resigned to his grandmother’s will, “Alright,

satisfied, reminding him, “Caroline isn’t here to help, so it’s all on you. Make sure to invite all the decent young men from Sunhaven to the

Gilbert nodded, the word almost

for now. We’ll tell her once we

easy, given her situation. Within the circles of Sunhaven’s elite, there would be reservations. If they

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for

of it. Her precious girl was worthy of becoming a Johnson, even as a second marriage, it had

Gilbert headed back to

he didn’t feel like going back to Golden Oak Manor and decided to stay

and even after marrying him and spending years abroad, her room was kept just as it was by Sylvia’s

was closed

what she might be

ity was ni

door opened.