Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 267

Sherilyn swiped her phone awake, her eyes landing on Edgar’s message first.

“Sherilyn, I’ll sort things out at home. It’s okay if you don’t want to talk to me right now. I’ll prove to you that I’m not giving up on you.”

After reading, Sherilyn closed her eyes for a moment. She was touched by Edgar’s persistence yet saddened by it.

What did she have that made her worth such effort?

She exited the chat with Edgar without replying. Not getting a response might make Edgar give up. Ending it now would be the least painful for him.

Then, she opened Gilbert’s chat.

“Sherilyn, I saw Edgar. Are you okay?”

Her brows furrowed after reading. How had he seen Edgar? Hadn’t he left? Did he go back? Why would he go back? There was more than one message from him.

“I found your hair tie in my car. I’ll bring it back to you.”

So that was it. Sherilyn touched her wrist, noticing her hair tie was indeed missing. She typed a response.

“It’s just a hair tie. You can throw it away.”

that moment, Gilbert was sitting in his car, parked at the entrance of Twilight Trail, holding a burgundy hair tie adorned with a few faux pearl beads in his

phone, replying, “I’m at the trailhead. I can drop it off, no

trouble.”

Street? Gilbert’s heart skipped, realizing Sherilyn might be avoiding Edgar. Was that why she wasn’t home?

his lips, accompanied

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excitement.

are you then?”

“At a friend’s.”

more would annoy Sherilyn. Better not to push. Even if he knew

“Alright, got it.”

and reached out, holding the hair tie. There was a trash bin right by the road; a simple flick would dispose of it. Yet, after a two–second pause, Gilbert pulled back, caressing

drove off, stopping when he reached TeeMall. Gilbert got out and headed. straight for

lit up at the sight of Mr. Johnson. The big boss himself had graced

brings you here

him with a broad smile. “Anything

array of women’s accessories. He held

The manager examined the hair tie closely, “We have similar ones,

see