Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1190

If he told Sherilyn about this, it'd be as good as telling Rebecca White too...

And that would be throwing his older brother under the bus.

Thank God he'd already deleted that photo of Eddy's profile that Caroline had sent him earlier.

"Sherilyn," Gilbert said, his Adam's apple bobbing as he softened his voice, "It's not that I don't want to tell you. It's just.....it's about my brother.”

He paused, his tone becoming even more gentle, coaxing her.

"Can you just...not ask anymore? Please?"

He squeezed her hand. "All you really need to know is that you're the only one I care about. That should be enough, right?"

"The only one?" Sherilyn let out a short, dry laugh. "Who knows if that's true?"

"It is," Gilbert replied, lifting his chin and gesturing to his phone. "I'm only hiding stuff about my brother. If it's about me—there's nothing I'm keeping from you. My phone's right here. Go through it all you want."

"Oh, so you're playing reverse psychology now?" Sherilyn raised an eyebrow, a smirk tugging at her lips. "Fine. Starting tonight, I'm confiscating your phone."

With that, she turned away, swiping her finger across the screen to unlock it. "Alright," Gilbert chuckled, nodding. "Knock yourself out. Once you've checked everything, just give it back."

He peeked over her shoulder and saw she'd opened a folder.

"Careful with that," he warned. "That's company stuff. You can look, but you probably won't get much out of it...and just be careful not to delete anything. Technically, I can recover it, but it'd be a pain."

on and

onto the

down. He laid

shifted closer, wrapping his arms

caught

noticed her resistance, assuming she was just upset. He spoke softly, trying to soothe her. "Don't be mad.

not that..." Sherilyn muttered, frowning as she pulled away and slipped off the bed,

Gilbert called after her,

moment later, she

old comforter to

new one for

eyes darkened with reluctance. "Come on, newlyweds

know what they say-sharing a blanket, sharing a

you forget? We're not even married

mean?" Gilbert's eyes widened as

anxiet

again?"

pressed into

low and strained. "You

me

his

You

walk away."