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!"

living room, Caroline

the kind that emphasized the emptiness of the place, as if no one lived

"No, it can't be!"

to believe, Caroline dashed

Gilbert glanced at his brother before hurrying

burst into the master bedroom, swung open the wardrobe, only to find it

turned and checked every other room, but it was

wrong..." Caroline's face turned pale, her head shaking in

wrong?" Gilbert had been following her

"Where is she?"

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

was obvious the rooms

hastily

and all her

that

frowned, "Caroline, you're being too paranoid, there's

"Ah!"

years, can't you be honest with me for once?

"Caroline..."

her voice breaking, "Please, just be honest with

"Caroline."

approached, cane in

You

"I'm making a scene?"

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