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 love rival!

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

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

and he slammed his hand on the steering

should be

why run? Can’t you talk

him?” Sherilyn let out a bitter laugh, the painful memories flooding.

Chapter 203

“Do you mean you and Gilbert in

Sherilyn closed her eyes, nodding her head. The Johnson family had manipulated her in her first marriage. At twenty, she was clueless, but could she still be in the dark

she got. manipulated into, the injustices she endured, etc. Yet, the Johnson family also showed

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

Sylvia took her by the hand into the Johnson family, ensuring she had food and books

would a fifteen–year–old orphan girl have survived if it weren’t for the

the immense kindness. Thus, when her benefactors hurt her,

present, and Sherilyn laughed coldly, her eyes shimmering. “Fran woke up.