Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

"Caroline."

As the bodyguard struggled to keep up, Francis, leaning on his cane, approached with Gilbert at his side.

There he was, Francis in person!

A smirk curled on Caroline's lips, her suspicions confirmed by the private investigator's findings were indeed true!

But Gilbert's presence was a surprise. The brothers were really close, huh?

So Gilbert was involved in the deception, too.

"Perfect." She nodded, "Let's go in together then!"

With a resolve as if marching to her doom, she gritted her teeth, "I'm quite curious to see for myself, this stunning beauty Francis has been hiding away!"

"Caroline!"

Francis grabbed her wrist, his dark eyes piercing into hers, his voice deep, "You can go in, but there's no woman like you're imagining."

"Is that so?" Caroline scoffed, disbelief clear in her tone.

"Yes!" Gilbert chimed in from the side, "Caroline, he..."

"Shut up!"

Caroline cut him off, "As if I needed more proof of whose side you're on! I don't believe his lies, and I certainly don't believe yours!" Jerking her arm free from Francis, she pushed the door open and stormed inside.

"Where is she? Show yourself!"

in the living room, Caroline scanned her

the kind that emphasized the emptiness of the place, as

"No, it can't be!"

believe, Caroline

his brother before

open the wardrobe, only to

checked every other room, but it was all

turned pale, her head

Gilbert had been following her

"Where is she?"

head snapped up, confronting him, "There are clear signs someone's been living

obvious the

hastily

and all her

that been hidden

being too paranoid, there's really

"Ah!"

deeply, "Gilbert, after all these years, can't you be honest with me for once? Is your

"Caroline..."

me!" Tears filled Caroline's eyes, her voice breaking, "Please, just be honest

"Caroline."

cane

her hand, "What do you want Gilbert to say, huh? You wanted to come in, so we

"I'm making a scene?"

hit Caroline, tears halted in their tracks. "You think I'm