Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1145

"What's the deal?"

Gilbert raised an eyebrow, giving Naylor a cool stare.

"You expect me to sell myself to clean up your mess?"

He wasn't clueless about what the old man was hinting at. The Harrison family was a massive empire, and over time, his siblings would keep throwing obstacles

his way.

Sure, he was kind of the underdog here.

But Gilbert scoffed, "Sorry, not interested."

"You..."

Naylor was momentarily stunned, then chuckled with irritation, "Is that what you think I meant?"

At the doorway, Sherilyn stood holding Jenna's water bottle.

She had come to get water for Jenna and happened to overhear the father-son exchange.

Ironic, right?

She felt a pang of injustice.

But in reality, the Harrison family might feel they were doing Gilbert a disservice.

Honestly, with Gilbert's status, he should be marrying someone who could match his background and support his career.

And her?

drama, Farley Martin was a professor at Grandview

were considered a cultured, well-off family, but compared to the Harrisons,

her thoughts, clutching Jenna's water

Gilbert firmly told Naylor, "Don't give me that nonsense. If I can't marry someone I love with all this wealth, then to hell with

don't

...

Building after dinner, Sherilyn

noticed. She seemed off during dinner, barely

around, he didn't press

in their room, just the two of them, Gilbert

his lips brushing

"What's got you down?"

him, "Never thought about marrying someone

stiffened, his

it, "You overheard the old man,

"He made some

"Bullshit!"

as he shook his head. "Not you, I'm talking about the old man! He didn't exactly marry someone from high society himself, did he? Why would you believe

Sherilyn knew about Katy.

background, my mom had less

and suddenly, he

"What now?"

alarmed, quickly supported

"Yeah." Gilbert nodded, wincing.

are you so

though she felt

him lay down on