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 up.

Suddenly closing her eyes, Caroline leaned back. Her back 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 line, Caroline

long moment, holding

he even recovered the deleted logs? Was it

softly, “Why?”

of Sherilyn Gilbert’s

the past? Could it be, after living the high life. for so long, Gilbert had seen himself as Mr. Gilbert? Or did Gilbert only remember being grateful to Francis, lying unconscious in a hospital bed, forgetting that

Caroline shook her head

forget. It should be deep in his bones to remember

Jenna had a video call

a hand,

the video, Jenna looked

daughter, Sherilyn’s heart nearly

Jenna, it was different. Just one look at Jenna and all the grievances and resentments faded away. Children were angels sent from heaven, no