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!

closed his eyes,

had she given it to him? Was it for his birthday, or a graduation gift? It had been so long, he hadn’t paid

Gilbert slumped to

possessed the purest form of Sherilyn’s affection. He

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known it…

seeing were not the same thing.

the recipient of her handmade shirts

The next morning.

after the morning briefing, he sifted through a pile of reports

can I

“Hmm.”

instructing him, “Remove the Bryant family from our potential partners list.

was taken aback. Had the Bryant family offended Mr.

Charles didn’t ask further; Mr. Gilbert was clearly holding a grudge.

those instructions was a way to vent the frustration he’d been holding since

deserved, after all. Who asked

simple apology to Sherilyn wasn’t enough to calm his anger; there needed to be tangible

for the Bryant

was confused, “What happened? We heard it was Mr. Gilbert’s decision, did we

cooperation been going smoothly

Bryants were puzzled.

was terrified!

anyone had recently offended Gilbert, it was her, right?

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