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…”

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

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

not expecting Edgar to guess so accurately. She didn’t

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

should

again, “But why run? Can’t you talk to

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

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Edgar was shocked. “Do you mean

family had manipulated her in her first marriage. At

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

disowned her. After her grandmother passed away, Sherilyn went to her father, begging him to take her in. She was only fifteen, still a child. She needed someone to

Johnson family, ensuring she had food and books to read, and

survived if it weren’t for the Johnson family?

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

and Sherilyn laughed coldly, her eyes shimmering.