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…”

Gilbert say that? Edgar could see Gilbert’s hostility toward him, seeing him as a

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

expecting Edgar to guess so accurately. She didn’t speak, but her expression said it

his hand on the steering wheel, looking outraged. “That’s just wrong! Gilbert’s taking it

heart should be

“But why run? Can’t

him?” Sherilyn let out a bitter laugh, the painful memories flooding. back. “It’s not the first time something like this has happened.”

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shocked. “Do you mean you and

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

How could she not? For the marriage she got. manipulated into, the injustices she endured,

She was only fifteen, still a child. She needed someone

ensuring she had

would a fifteen–year–old orphan girl have survived if it

kindness. Thus, when her benefactors hurt her, she could only swallow

and Sherilyn laughed coldly, her eyes shimmering.