Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Sherilyn's slender back stiffened, and she turned around with a look that was somewhere between tears and laughter. "Yeah, you caught on quick, didn't you?"

"Sherilyn..." Gilbert furrowed his brows in a flash.

With a cold laugh, Sherilyn's lips curled, "But hey, I never lied to you. I told you straight up, I'm not into you anymore."

From the get-go, he was insistent on being with her, despite her making it clear not just once!

She had told him, and she had told Sylvia too!

Sherilyn's laughter was cold, "So, what? You're here to call me out?"

"Sherilyn!" Gilbert's expression darkened, "That's not what I meant!"

He frowned deeply, his voice low, "I know everything now... about the ectopic pregnancy." Being with him was all for Jenna.

Jenna was battling aplastic anemia - something he was well aware of from the start.

As he fit all the pieces together, it suddenly clicked for him: Sherilyn's motive was to have another child with him... to save Jenna!

So, her getting pregnant meant there was no way she would terminate the pregnancy. That's why he had Charles investigate!

It turned out he had misunderstood Sherilyn all along!

didn't

sake, she would want to keep him around,

"Why?"

did all that digging but missed this? After an ectopic pregnancy, it's not advisable to get pregnant for at least six months." It wasn't

recovery period, the

the fetus, including developmental issues

to the end, Sherilyn was doing

waste that half a year on him, nor did she want to compromise herself by

absolutely no affection for

mocking realization dawned on him,

he, of all people, have to expect Sherilyn to have feelings

who once only had eyes for him, remained so cold, no matter what he did. "Are we

her eyelids

swiftly

"Sherilyn!"

her into his embrace from behind, his arms tightly encircling her. Sherilyn chuckled, "What

"Sherilyn..."

remorse, "I'm sorry, so sorry! I know apologies might not mean

enough to make it

feeling the man holding her trembling. He

while, Sherilyn softly responded,