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…”

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

Sherilyn’s reaction, Edgar had his suspicions. “Is it that Gilbert is

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

slammed his hand on the steering wheel, looking

heart should be mutual, not

again, “But why run? Can’t you

out a bitter laugh, the painful memories flooding. back. “It’s

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you mean you and Gilbert in the

her first marriage. At twenty, she was clueless, but could

Sherilyn hate them? How could she not? For the marriage she got. manipulated into, the

disowned her. After her grandmother passed away, Sherilyn went to her father, begging him to take her in. She was only

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

have survived if it

Thus, when her

snapped back to the present, and Sherilyn laughed coldly, her eyes shimmering. “Fran woke up. I,