Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 203

“What’s up?” Sherilyn looked puzzled. “Something wrong?”

Edgar glanced at her, hesitating before speaking up. “I might be being a bit forward, but why do you seem so afraid of Gilbert?”

His voice sounded all gruff, like it was hard for him to ask, “Aren’t you two… getting along now?”

“Getting along?” Sherilyn looked genuinely surprised. “Why would you think that?”

Edgar paused before admitting, “That’s what Gilbert told me.”

Before Sherilyn could respond, Edgar awkwardly chuckled. “Did you two fight? You know, it’s normal for couples to…”

“It’s not that!” Sherilyn interrupted him sharply.

She pressed her lips tightly, her eyes welling up. “It’s not a fight. Gilbert and I, there’s no making up!”

Edgar was shocked, wondering what was going on. “You haven’t made up? But then…”

could see Gilbert’s hostility toward him,

his suspicions. “Is it that Gilbert is the only one who wants this, and

was stunned, not expecting Edgar to guess so accurately. She didn’t speak, but her

I right?” Edgar’s expression darkened, and he slammed his hand on the steering wheel, looking outraged.

the heart should be mutual,

“But why run? Can’t you talk to

bitter laugh, the painful memories flooding. back. “It’s not the first time

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Edgar was shocked. “Do you mean you

Johnson family had manipulated her in her first marriage. At twenty, she was clueless, but could she still be in the dark after four years?

For the marriage she got. manipulated into, the

in. She was only fifteen, still a child. She

the hand into the Johnson family, ensuring she had food and books to read, and

survived if it weren’t for the Johnson

Thus, when her benefactors

the present, and Sherilyn laughed