Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 179

On the other end, Caroline picked up. “Gilbert?”

Her voice sounded pleased, and she teased, “The always busy Mr. Johnson, calling me out of nowhere? What’s going on?”

“Caroline.” Thinking about Francis, still unconscious in the hospital, Gilbert struggled a bit, his brows furrowing into a deep frown before he gathered his courage. “You… from now on, don’t mess around with my phone.”

“What?” Caroline’s mood flipped instantly, her smile freezing. “What are you talking about? I, I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“Caroline.” Gilbert weighed his words carefully, deciding to be honest. “My phone has an app with which I can recover all the deleted call logs.”

At that, Caroline was stunned. What else was there to misunderstand? Caroline had taken a call from that nightclub manager, deleted the call log, and Gilbert knew.

She admitted it. “Yes, I did take a call from some manager, and now, you’re calling me out over this trivial matter?”

Gilbert didn’t confirm or deny, stating, “I hope you can respect me. Let’s not have a repeat of this.”

that, he hung

against the chair felt scorching hot, accompanied by a faint pain, as memories flashed rapidly through her mind. Sweat broke out on her forehead and temples. On the other end of the

holding

logs? Was it such

softly, “Why?”

‘blacklisting‘ of Sherilyn

the high life. for so long, Gilbert had seen himself as Mr. Gilbert? Or did Gilbert

shook her

and couldn’t forget. It should be deep in his bones to

and Jenna had a video call later that day on Serenity Street.

had lent a hand,

In the video, Jenna looked very

daughter,

over the years, she would have likely become bitter. But with Jenna, it was different. Just one look at Jenna and all the grievances and resentments faded away. Children