Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 197

She had not seen William for a period of time and noticed that he looked quite awful. There were dark circles under his eyes, his complexion did not look good, and he carried a faint smell of alcohol on his body too.

When he saw Sophia, lights slowly gathered in his hollow eyes. "Sophia? Why are you here?"

With the recognition that Jones Group had, it was completely unnecessary for them to come over to recruit anyone. However, ever since learning that Sophia and Charles were officially together, he could hardly concentrate whenever he worked, hence Leah found a job for him to do at the very last minute.

"I’m not obliged to report my whereabouts to you, right?" Sophia frowned, went past him, and continued forward.

William took several large strides and grabbed her from behind, holding her gaze firmly. "Sophia, let's talk."

He sighed, there was helplessness and sorrow in his eyes.

The middle-aged woman who came with William looked down, acting as though she was transparent.

"You already have a fiancée, Mr. Jones. Furthermore, there are so many pairs of eyes around here. If you don't want things to get too ugly then you better get your hands off right now," Sophia said coldly.

William did not let go but lowered his voice and said, "I just want you to sit down and talk to me. Is that too much to ask?"

"It may not be too much for others, but it is too much for me." The spot he touched felt as though it had just been licked by a fly. Sophia exerted her strength and shook him away.

She exerted a lot of strength that William staggered momentarily when he was not paying any attention. Fortunately, the middle-aged woman standing next to him supported him and prevented him from falling.

She came to the labor market just to see what sort of jobs she could do but did not expect that she would bump into William instead. Sophia was slightly irritated and was in no mood to continue browsing, hence she walked outside straightaway. However, she heard William saying behind her—

"Let's sit down and talk nicely for once. After that… I will give you a wide berth whenever I see you."

Sophia stopped in her tracks, then turned around, looked straight at him, and said without the slightest hesitation, "Okay."

She figured that this was a good deal if a chat was all it would take for him to stop pestering her.

At the sight of this, William smiled bitterly and resentfully before saying to the middle-aged woman next to him, "I’m going out for a while. I’ll leave the rest to you."

"Okay." The middle-aged woman responded. After a pause, she said hesitantly, "Ms. Jones will come over after her movies. What should I tell her if you haven't returned by then?"

William glanced at Sophia as she stood next to him. There was a flash of dilemma in his eyes. "Just tell Leah that I’ve gone out to discuss business with the president of Terra Enterprises."

The middle-aged woman left after saying okay.

Sophia sneered whilst standing next to him. Mockery was written all over her face.

William’s countenance turned grim at the sight of this and said with a frown, "Let's go."

Sophia followed him out of the labor market, during which he hesitated to speak several times. She simply acted as though she did not see it. When they got to the side of the car, he went in the driver’s seat, while she opened the rear door and sat directly behind the driver’s seat.

"Why aren’t you sitting in front?" William looked at her through the rearview mirror.

Sophia glanced at him and said sarcastically, "I’m worried that Leah would tamper with the car and I might end up losing my life not knowing what happened. The seat behind the driver’s seat is relatively safer.”

"You're just slinging mud at her!" William gnashed his teeth, feeling furious yet helpless at the same time.

Sophia turned her head and looked out the window without a word.

"This is my car. Leah will never tamper with my car even if she hates you!" William did not understand why Sophia was so ungrateful when Leah was so kind to her!