Chapter 1109

The truth was right there, staring them both in the face. There was no need to answer.

"What gives you the right?"

Sherilyn's voice cut through the tension like a knife, her anger boiling over.

She demanded, "What gives you the right to think that? To make decisions for me? To just wipe everything clean on my behalf? Huh..."

Her heart twisted painfully.

"Do you even know what those four years were like for me?"

Sherilyn locked eyes with Gilbert, her gaze unwavering. "You used to ask, didn't

you? You were so eager to know. Well, now I'm going to tell you!"

Her emotions were a storm inside her, blood rushing through her veins.

Her lips trembled as she spoke, each word clear and deliberate.

"I couldn't afford the rent, so I had to move from our apartment to a rundown neighborhood!"

"But I still needed to eat! I couldn't starve! Even if I could, Jenna couldn't!"

Tears streamed down her face...

Sherilyn stared at him, her silent sobs speaking volumes.

A rundown neighborhood.

Hearing those words, Gilbert felt his heart sink like a stone.

suspected it, of course. Without financial support, Sherilyn's life

her say it was

want

smile on her face, her voice steady

I don't want to say

she turned to

tightly, tears leaking from

Sherilyn, tell

would

ice as she met his gaze. "Tell you? Can you make

Wasn't the answer obvious?

"No!"

her own question, her brow furrowed in frustration. "Then why should

took a deep breath, the weight in

know why, after all that,

talking to you

deep down,

Her jaw clenched.

"Just like now!"

not like that..." Gilbert shook his head, his voice

"It's not?"

bitterly, tears

year, you've been

So many times, I've

you about all the hurt I

to hear it

you

"Yes!"

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