Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 222

Edgar was totally into her, so of course he loved everything about her! And why wouldn’t he when it was a token of her affection?

Ahem.

The others, well, it was kind of awkward to watch.

What was supposed to be a birthday bash had turned into an unsolicited session of feeding us all with their mushy love!

Gilbert turned away, lost in thought. A shirt?

Sherilyn’s sewing skills rang a bell for him. Hadn’t she made him a shirt once, if he remembered right?

That evening, Gilbert returned to the Johnson Mansion and began digging through his closet.

After a long search without success, he wondered, had he remembered it wrong? Had Sherilyn never made one for him?

No, that couldn’t be right!

Gilbert refused to give up.

Finally, in a neglected corner of the wardrobe, he found a box.

Inside, he found a neatly wrapped handmade shirt, clearly not from the upscale tailor the Johnsons usually used.

This one, it was made by Sherilyn for him!

eyes, trying to recall.

for his birthday, or a graduation gift? It had been

Gilbert slumped

purest form of Sherilyn’s affection.

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known it…

and seeing were not the same thing.

the recipient of her handmade shirts had changed to Edgar!

The next morning.

at his office, and after the morning briefing, he sifted through a pile of reports before

I

“Hmm.”

documents, instructing him, “Remove the Bryant family from our potential partners list. No need to bother them

taken aback. Had the Bryant family offended

further; Mr. Gilbert

for Gilbert, giving Charles those instructions was a way to vent the frustration he’d been

all. Who asked them to raise

calm his anger; there needed to be tangible

the Bryant family business to hear about

We heard it was Mr. Gilbert’s decision,

been going smoothly

Bryants were

was terrified!

recently offended Gilbert, it

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