Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 365

Sherilyn shut her eyes tight, saying without a second thought, “Don’t hold me like this. I can’t sleep when you do.”

“Why?” Gilbert was stunned. “Haven’t we always slept like this before?”

Sherilyn snorted disdainfully. “You said it yourself it was before. Can now be the same as before?”

She had returned with him, but that didn’t mean everything was water under the bridge.

Sherilyn cut to the chase. “I don’t want you to touch me… for now.”

Gilbert’s arms around her stiffened slightly. “For now? How long is that?”

“I don’t know.” Sherilyn shook her head. “I can’t give you an answer to something even I’m unclear about.”

She thought ‘for now‘ would become ‘forever‘ if she was pregnant by some chance.

Seeing he remained silent, Sherilyn raised her voice, “What, you have a problem with that?”

She wasn’t afraid of his reluctance.

After all, for the sake of Caroline, he still needed her!

expected, after a lengthy

he said that,

Sherilyn was puzzled.

have it your way. But could

her go. “Sleep

he turned over, facing away from her.

did he mean by that? Wasn’t their arrangement purely transactional, and he wanted to dictate her feelings? Wasn’t that asking

night, the person beside her seemed to get up several times, changing the ice packs,

by dawn, and Sherilyn’s sleep deepened,

woke up again, slightly disoriented, she was alone in the room. Her phone’s

Jenna,” Sherilyn’s tone softened immediately.

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went out yesterday without saying goodbye.

“Are you

came through, “Just a little. Mommy, are you feeling better? Isn’t

little angel! She would manage for her little angel no matter how difficult Gilbert

Jenna. Mommy