Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 911

Gilbert stood there, slack-jawed, his thin lips parting slightly. "Sherilyn, can we just stick to the facts and have a rational discussion?" Rational discussion?

"Hmph."

Sherilyn's gaze dropped, a cold laugh escaping her.

Five years earlier.

When she was under suspicion, wrongly accused of pushing Caroline down the stairs, there was also no evidence!

Just based on Caroline's word, hadn't he convicted her?

Back then, why hadn't he stuck to the facts?

She lifted her gaze, giving Gilbert a sidelong glance. "You say you like me?"

"Yes, of course." Gilbert nodded without hesitation, though he didn't understand why she was suddenly asking this. "Fine."

Sherilyn took a deep breath, her piercing eyes locking onto his.

"Then listen well, it was Caroline who framed me!"

Gilbert flinched, startled by the resolve in her words, suddenly grasping her hand.

"Sherilyn, this matter..."

"I'm asking you one last time!"

any more of his

"Sherilyn..."

on, trying to reason with her. "I believe you, but for this matter, we still lack evidence. Your

of her arm, Sherilyn pulled away from

refusing to look at him

I must be a fool to have had any hope in you, utterly

those words, she turned and

catch her. "Just calm down,

"What more is there to say? You're just repeating yourself, aren't you?" "I..." Gilbert stumbled over his words, his brows knotted tightly. "Can't you just listen to me,

Sherilyn remained unswayed, her

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- it was Caroline who framed me! If you're going to

against his chest,

"Sherilyn..."

Gilbert staggered, pushed aside.

would he say?

side, but there were

...

standing at her apartment door,

hands trembled, struggling to insert the key

"Heh, heh heh."

her eyes,

was laughing at

close! It was so

almost revealed the