Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 371

Rebecca was sobbing uncontrollably, and Sherilyn found it hard to say anything more.

As she walked out of the apartment building, she couldn’t shake off her gloominess.

Gilbert Johnson was driving, mindful of her mood, trying to offer some comfort. “Still worried about your friend?”

Sherilyn didn’t respond, just nodded.

“Look, don’t take this the wrong way.” Gilbert tapped his fingers on the steering wheel, “She’s just a friend. It’s good to care and to help, but at the end of the day, it’s her life, not yours. You can’t live it for her. Try not to worry too much, okay?”

“Yeah.” Sherilyn nodded, still downcast, her gaze fixed on the car window.

She couldn’t quite understand.

She had just told Rebecca that Eddy was married, but Rebecca’s reaction was eerily calm, not surprised in the slightest. It seemed she knew.

Then why? Why was she still entangled with Eddy?

They hadn’t known each other for very long, but Sherilyn couldn’t believe Rebecca was the type to get involved with a married man…

What was she missing? She couldn’t figure it out.

ride was silent until they

guard greeted them with a

smiled back, clearly

taken aback, suddenly turning to him. Right, he had referred to her as his wife when talking to Eddy and Rebecca too?

call me

that.” Gilbert seemed unconcerned. “I

found it ludicrous. “Have you lost your memory? Did you forget

face her, his deep eyes dark and unreadable. He hadn’t expected her

“Sorry, it’s a habit. You’ve been my wife since four years ago. It hasn’t been long since our divorce;

Really?

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sure whether to believe him. She said, “A wife and

stiffened, then conceded.

he agreed, an itch he couldn’t scratch nagged at him. Looking up, he

that, like, if we sorted things out between us, if our emotions calmed

he could finish, Sherilyn cut him off with a

answer so quickly, so decisively, feeling a sting in

He couldn’t hide

grabbed her bag, “We’ve already tried marriage, and it failed, didn’t it? Why go down the same road and make the same mistakes? There’s no point in experiencing failure a