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!

his eyes, trying

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

Gilbert slumped to

form of Sherilyn’s affection. He had

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known it…

seeing were not the same

saw it, the recipient of her handmade shirts had changed to Edgar!

The next morning.

office, and after the morning briefing, he sifted through a pile of reports before calling in

I do

“Hmm.”

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

the Bryant family offended Mr. Gilbert?

Mr.

a way to vent the frustration he’d been holding since last

asked them to raise a

to Sherilyn wasn’t enough to calm

the Bryant family business to hear

heard it was Mr. Gilbert’s decision, did we offend him recently?”

going smoothly until now?

were

Darlene was terrified!

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

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