Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 154

“Grandma always hoped we’d end up together; she’d be over the moon…”

“Gilbert!”

Sherilyn got more and more terrified. Summoning her courage, she interrupted him, her face turning sheet white under the dim light.

“Stop talking! Just stop!”

He was being so bizarre! First, an unexpected kiss, and now he wanted her back? She didn’t understand his reasons, whether he was bewitched or had an ulterior motive, and she didn’t want to know… It was all his problem! She wasn’t playing along!

Sherilyn forced a smile. “I disagree. I won’t be coming back to you.”

Actually, that wasn’t quite accurate. To be precise, she had never been by his side…

“What did you say?” Gilbert paused, a smirk playing at his lips. “I didn’t catch that. Say it again.”

knew he had heard her

palm. “Look closely, I’m Sherilyn, the woman you’ve always despised, the woman you sent abroad,

my mind!”

looked at her so intensely, it felt like his gaze could burn her.

her, enveloped by his overwhelming presence, feeling fear and trembling. What was he saying? Did he realize how despicable he sounded? She was a person! Not something to be wanted or discarded at whim! But these words, she couldn’t bother to argue with him.

“No…”

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head, “I

thin. His eyes narrowed, his gaze turning icy, “I was being nice about this; you

Ha.

maintained a superior attitude! What

“I haven’t.”

her, not me!” As she spoke, Gilbert’s icy demeanor turned stormy. Everyone in Sunhaven knew about Gilbert’s unrequited love! It was, perhaps, the only regret in his twenty–something years of life. Anyone with a bit of sense wouldn’t bring it up in front of him. Especially since Caroline

her… It’s not unheard of for brothers to step aside for each other if it’s