Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1144

"Yeah."

As expected.

Whenever he had something to do at night, he always made sure to swing by home, ensuring Jenna wouldn't go the entire day without seeing her dad.

Gilbert glanced over at Jenna, who was sound asleep. "How come she's sleeping here?"

"She wanted to wait up for James," Sherilyn chuckled. "Jenna just adores her big brother."

"Sending them to the same school was a good call."

Gilbert looked at what Sherilyn was holding. "What are you working on?"

He recognized it instantly. "Is that my sweater?"

Of course, he remembered. "You've been knitting that for almost a year now, haven't you?"

"Yeah."

Sherilyn shot him a playful glare. "Because you kept annoying me, I lost the motivation to finish it."

Knitting a sweater, stitch by stitch, is a labor of love. When your heart's not in it, it's hard to complete.

She mumbled, "I wonder if I can finish it this time."

"You will."

Gilbert took her hand, leaning in until their foreheads touched. "This time, it'll go smoothly."

found hers, capturing them in

soft sound broke the

gently pushed him away. "Jenna's

she woke up

"Waaah..."

as she said it, Jenna started

quickly released Sherilyn and went to pick up Jenna. "Jenna's awake? What's wrong,

"Daddy."

of grievance

Jenna lay her head on Gilbert's

her pudgy little hand, rubbing her eyes.

princess clearly wasn't fully

Daddy will fix

stood up with Jenna in his arms and walked over

"Let's look

we? It's raining..."

his daughter well; Jenna wasn't a morning

like her mom, waking up often put

Gilbert, it was just her way of being

feeling better? Can you

"But my mouth

it?" Gilbert held back a laugh. "How about we have

"Yay!"

"Let's go."

Gilbert headed towards the dining

finally in good

grateful for her caring husband and

life felt peaceful and