Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 161

"Can I ask Mr. Harris a question before I answer your question?" Sophia clenched her fist tightly. Charles’ shadow was reflected in her pupils.

Charles lowered his eyes and gazed at her. "Go ahead."

"What do you think about the car accident two years ago? Like everyone else, do you believe that I wanted to kill Ms. Jones because I was jealous?" Sophia spoke word by word, staring straight at him. Her jaw tightened with force.

‘That accident was more complicated.’ Charles paused briefly.

"Hah!" Sophia took his silence as acquiescence. She sneered and said sarcastically, "Since you don’t even believe me, then why bother listening to my explanation, Mr. Harris?!"

Charles looked at her, his Adam's apple rolling as his pupils darkened. "I..."

"I still want to say it even if you don’t believe me!" Sophia's voice sounded slightly sharp due to the excessive elevation in the pitch of her voice. "You want to know why I wore erotic underwear to seduce William two years ago, don’t you?"

She was extremely emotional. Her eyes stared fixedly into his as she sniggered strangely. "I thought you’re highly intelligent, but you’re just nothing but an idiot. You’ve been fooled and you’re not even aware of that!"

"If I told you that on 27th September, I lost in a game of truth or dare with Leah, Ryleigh, and Elaine and picked dare, hence I approached William wearing a pair of erotic underwear and did a few coquettish poses with him, would you believe me?"

Two years ago, Charles was all she would ever think of. When Leah and the rest challenged her to pose a few seductive poses in front of William whilst wearing a pair of erotic underwear, she refused without even thinking about it.

Leah, however, knew her all too well. She simply applied a bit of reverse psychology to make her give in. After summoning up her courage, she put on a pair of erotic underwear and went to William.

In fact, she was quite puzzled that day. Leah had always been an easy-going person, so why was she so insistent in a truth or dare game… Hah, so this was what was in store for her!

Charles had made countless assumptions. He thought that she was just like his father, thinking of somebody else when she was also in love with him. He also thought that maybe she was tired of following him around all day and was now interested in William who followed her around all day…

Never in a million years would he expect the result to turn out this way! The truth was so simple that it seemed pretty ridiculous to him!

Charles' pupils contracted slightly. It was hard to tell if he was feeling more delighted or if he was feeling some other kinds of emotions when he learned that she did not cheat on him. All he knew was that his chest area hurt a little, suffocating him. It felt so uncomfortable that he had no way of easing the pain.

He looked at her face that was flushed from excessive rage and opened his mouth. However, he could not make a sound as his throat seemed to be clogged with a ball of cotton. He clenched his fists but ended up feeling like he was clutching sand. Certain things were like sand—the tighter you clutch onto it, the quicker it would slip through your fingers.

"You still don't believe me, right?" Sophia laughed self-deprecatingly. As she smiled, tears started flowing down. Hatred filled the depth of her eyes gradually.

She wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and looked at him whilst gnawing her teeth. Her anger had wiped out her sanity. "It’s okay if you don’t believe me. I don't expect you to believe me anyway!"

"... I believe you." Charles' fingertips trembled a little. His hand stretched out slightly, but before he could touch her, he retracted his hand again and repeated. "I believe you."

Sophia widened her eyes and glared at him. Her smile looked miserable but fierce. "You believe me?"

She raised her voice abruptly. "If you believe me, then why do you treat me this way?! Charles, you broke my leg and sent me to prison just because you suspected that I was having an ambiguous relationship with William!"

She ripped her patient blouse apart and stood in front of him wearing only her bra.