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, seeing

had his suspicions. “Is it that

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

the steering

should be

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

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

Chapter 203

“Do you mean you

had manipulated her in her first marriage. At twenty, she

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

take her in. She was only fifteen, still a child. She needed someone to take care of her. But her father

by the hand into the Johnson family, ensuring she had food and

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

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

snapped back to the present, and Sherilyn laughed coldly,