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…”

Edgar could see Gilbert’s hostility toward

it that

so accurately. She didn’t speak, but her expression said it all.

on the

the heart should be

again, “But why run? Can’t you

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

Chapter 203

“Do you mean you and Gilbert

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

them? How could she not? For the marriage she got. manipulated into, the injustices she endured, etc. Yet, the Johnson family also

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

her by the hand into the Johnson family, ensuring she

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

immense kindness. Thus, when her benefactors hurt

to the present, and Sherilyn laughed coldly,