Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change? novel Chapter 1199

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That night, Eddy really wasn’t himself.

He’d gotten way too drunk at the wedding reception—thanks to his well-meaning but overzealous buddies—and by the time he stumbled up to their honeymoon suite, everything was spinning.

The whole night was a blur. He never realized…the woman curled up in his arms wasn’t his new bride.

When he woke up the next morning, the bed beside him was empty.

He didn’t even find out it had been Caroline until much later.

It happened when he stopped by the hotel to settle the bill for the wedding banquet. The front desk handed him a cell phone, saying it had been left in their suite.

The phone was dead, had shut itself off. But here’s the thing: it wasn’t Eddy’s.

He took it anyway, plugged it in out of curiosity. The moment it powered up…there was Caroline’s photo, right on the lock screen.

That’s when it hit him like a ton of bricks—he and Rebecca White had made the same horrible mistake.

But people are strange creatures, aren’t they?

Eddy kept his own shameful secret buried, but he just couldn’t forgive his wife for her own “wedding night mistake.”

“Rebecca…”

Eddy’s voice cracked with guilt as he finally faced Rebecca White. His eyes were red, his words thick with remorse. “It’s my fault. I’m so sorry. I did you wrong.”

Rebecca just stared, mouth slightly open, feeling numb all over. Eddy and Caroline? She couldn’t even find words for the shock.

“Rebecca…” Eddy tried again, his voice low. “It’s my fault. I won’t make excuses.”

But there was something even more important nagging at him.

“Doesn’t it seem odd to you, though? How did you and Caroline both end up in the wrong rooms that night? Don’t you think that’s just a little too convenient?”

Rebecca’s breath caught in her throat. She squeezed her eyes shut, trying to piece things together.

After a long silence, she clenched her fists and asked quietly, “When you went to Blue Ridge Medical Center to see my mom…did you run into Caroline there?”

Rebecca sat on the living room couch, watching through the big glass window as his car pulled into the driveway and came to a stop.

He got out and walked up to the door. A moment later, she heard him come in.

The house was brightly lit. Francis looked up and saw her sitting there, slender and quiet.

“Rebecca.”

He crossed the room in a couple of strides and sat beside her. “Didn’t go up to bed? Were you waiting for me?”

Rebecca pressed her lips together and nodded with a small smile. “Yeah, I was.”

Francis smiled softly, touched, and reached for her hand.

But Rebecca pulled away.

“Rebecca?” Francis frowned, confused.

She looked right at him, her gaze steady. No small talk, no warm-up. “Tell me…why did Caroline suddenly come back from Nightwind City to Sunhaven?”