Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 197

“No way. Don’t be silly.” Gilbert paused, a look of confusion crossing his face. “Why would you even think that?”

Caroline laughed, hiding her displeasure behind a playful smirk. “Just kidding. Why so serious?”

She continued, “I’m here on business.”

Nexus Media Group, a subsidiary of the Johnson Group, naturally had its offices within the grand Johnson Group building.

Today, she had come to hand over her responsibilities to her agent, aiming to scale back her workload as much as possible. Any ongoing projects, of

course, had to be completed.

“All settled.” Standing up, Caroline added, “Just thought I’d drop by and say hi. I’ve got to go now. Big show tonight.”

“Okay,” Gilbert nodded. “I won’t keep you…”

“Oh, right.” Before Gilbert could finish, Caroline glimpsed the two brown paper packages on the coffee table, pointing at them curiously. “What’s these?”

“Oh, these?” Gilbert had just noticed them himself then. They were the candy apples he had asked his secretary to buy.

“It’s candy apples,” he admitted.

“Huh?” Caroline couldn’t help but laugh. “Since when did you start liking

these?”

Gilbert was embarrassed to say they were for

for snacking,” he said

they good?” Bending down, Caroline opened one

popped a candy into her mouth. “Hmm, pretty

barely noticeably furrowed his brows and picked up the

Caroline chuckled. “Isn’t this yours?”

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you saying?” Gilbert laughed. “It’s just a bag of desserts. I wouldn’t keep them

had opened it, he couldn’t

package. “Just kidding. Thanks, I’ll take it. Gotta

Gilbert replied, “Sure.”

apples for himself? She would never

Sherilyn, right?

elevator to the lobby, Caroline saw the receptionist leading

indicated instructions from the

called out,

turned at the call and saw

her.

do you

“Just saying hi when I saw you. That’s all,