Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1208

She clenched her fists so tightly her knuckles turned white, jaw locked, teeth chattering uncontrollably.

Suddenly, she shoved Gilbert aside and stormed straight over to Karol.

"Why?" she demanded.

Sherilyn frowned, confusion etched across her face.

She needed to know. She had to understand why Karol was doing this.

"What did I ever do to you to make you hate me this much?"

Karol, sprawled on the floor and clutching her bleeding arm, glared up at Sherilyn with fury in her eyes.

"Haven't you?" Karol spat back. "I've already explained everything to you-l confessed, I begged for mercy! But you still refused to let me go!"

Sherilyn shook her head, bewildered. "Explained what, exactly?"

"Oh, don't play dumb with me!" Karol snapped, lifting her chin defiantly. "Are you really going to stand there and pretend you don't know that nothing ever happened between me and Mr. Harrison?"

Sherilyn froze for a second. So that's what this was about.

flicker across her face and sneered, "I knew it! You

Sherilyn admitted quietly, making no attempt to

just let me go?" Karol's voice broke as tears streamed down her face. “One word from you,

get any work in this industry! Every producer, every investor just wants to lure

Sherilyn stared at her, caught somewhere between disbelief

her head at Karol. "From the very beginning, you were

she'd forgotten about it, and hadn't bothered to explain

tell me, why would I owe you anything? There are plenty of ways

your choices,

to live with

means to be

"Sherilyn, you-!"

interrupted, clearly confused. He

between me and

frowning as she nodded. "Yes. The truth is, nothing ever happened between

for some time

on the very day she found out the truth, Gilbert had collapsed and been rushed to the hospital-where they discovered a blood

the line, the silly mix-up with Karol just didn't

after that, Sherilyn hadn't thought about it again. She'd