Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 783

Gilbert swung open the car door and practically shoved Sherilyn inside.

"My car..." Sherilyn protested, anxiety evident in her voice. She had driven herself here.

"Give me your keys!"

He snatched the car keys from her hand. "I'll have someone drive it back to Sunset Ridge Community for you!"

With that, he climbed into the driver's seat. Callie tried to follow them into the car, but when she pulled on the door handle, it was locked.

She knocked on the car window, "Hey, open up!"

But Gilbert acted as if he hadn't heard her, completely ignoring her plea, and started the car, pulling away.

"Hey!"

Callie ran after the car for a few steps, puzzled, "What's going on?" Weren't they supposed to have broken up? In Mr. Gilbert's eyes, why did it seem like the moment he saw her, nobody else existed?

Inside the car, Sherilyn looked at Gilbert with confusion, "Why did you leave Callie behind?" Hadn't they just been all over each other a moment ago?

"Are you seriously worried about someone else right now?"

a mix of tenderness and irritation. "What was that woman's

scoffed coldly. "Who? That new

leap in logic. But Gilbert

up. "You dumped me, just to run

baseless accusations, Sherilyn covered her forehead, leaned back in the seat, and closed her

"Sherilyn?"

expression,

nodded with her eyes still

"Then I'll drive faster!"

...

Hospital.

Emergency room.

Sherilyn's wound briefly, "You'll need

was taken aback, not expecting her injury to be so

be scared, the bleeding will stop once it's stitched." "Let's

to a chair, he instructed,

Sherilyn nodded and

local anesthetic. It might sting a

her forehead, and Gilbert pressed a gauze

ready and positioned himself behind the chair, signaling

back and lean it