Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 323

As they neared the dance studio, Sherilyn suddenly spoke up, “Let’s pull over for a bit. We need to talk.”

“…Alright.” Gilbert nodded, parking the car by the roadside. Turning to face her, he looked at her with a hint of

nervousness.

“What’s on your mind?”

He couldn’t help but wonder, was she having second thoughts?

Sure enough, Sherilyn said, “You were quick to share our news with Sylvia. I don’t think that was appropriate.”

Gilbert’s expression darkened, a shadow of discomfort crossing his face.

“Why wouldn’t it be? If we’re together, our familles are bound to find out sooner or later.”

“That’s not necessarily true.”

Sherilyn couldn’t help but smirk, a mocking glint in her eyes, “If you kept quiet, we could break up, and Sylvia wouldn’t even need to know.”

Break up? This conversation was taking a turn for the absurd!

Gilbert’s face tightened, struggling to keep his composure, “Okay, maybe I rushed into things. But we’ve just gotten together. Can we not jinx it by talking about breaking up?”

“Jinx it?”

bound to break up eventually. It’s not about being jinxed.” She

his face turning

the natural conclusion of a relationship

“No, that’s not…”

me, holding that kind

“Yeah.”

what I wanted to talk to you about–we can be together, but just that. If things don’t work out,

Wow!

she was already foreseeing things not

felt a tightness

his frustration, he asked, “And what if things do work out?”

Work out?

blurted out–how

with their own

didn’t feel like arguing.

it’s a relationship, we’re equals, if one day I get tired… I believe I have the right to

end it.”

course, if you get tired first,

take it

steering wheel, trying to convince himself. “We’ve had a failed marriage before, and

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