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.

graduation gift? It had been so long, he hadn’t paid much attention at the time, how

the shirt, Gilbert slumped to the

form of Sherilyn’s affection. He

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known it…

knowing and seeing were

that he saw it, the recipient of her handmade

The next morning.

the morning briefing, he sifted

Gilbert, what can I do

“Hmm.”

few documents, instructing him, “Remove the Bryant family from our potential partners

was taken aback. Had the Bryant family offended

ask further; Mr. Gilbert was clearly holding a

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

Who asked them to raise

to calm his anger; there needed to be tangible

for the Bryant

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

going smoothly until

were puzzled.

Darlene was

had recently offended Gilbert, it was her,

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