Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 264

“What? Do you feel sorry for me or does your heart ache for me now that I’m being investigated by the police?” Charles asked.

Sophia tugged lightly on the corner of her sleeves and replied with a straight, rigid face, “I just don’t want to owe you any favors.”

“Do you find it hard to hate me when you owe me a favor? Or are you afraid that you’ll fall in love with me once again if I’m too nice to you?” Charles leaned back into his seat casually as a faint sparkle lit up in his eyes.

“!” Sophia’s eyes widened in surprise and stood up abruptly before realizing that she was overreacting.

She bit her lip as she sat down, and finished her cup of tea that had already gone cold. “The former, obviously.”

Charles lowered his eyes as they dimmed instantly.

He straightened up and stretched his right hand out on the table. He drummed the table surface absentmindedly as he continued, “You don’t have to overthink this. Even if you weren’t in the picture, Grandfather wouldn’t leave me anything much either.”

The situation would be just slightly better. At least he would not lose his position as the president of the company and the 5% of his shares.

Though, he left the last part out.

“Ah…” Sophia shifted herself on the couch again before standing up. “I’m heading to the lounge.”

Charles nodded lightly and continued going through his documents once again. This time, however, he worked noticeably slower.

It was not until Sophia passed by his desk and entered the lounge when he stopped his movements. A shadow cast over his eyes as he turned to look at the lounge behind him.

As soon as Sophia got to the lounge, she sat on the bed. The lounge was quite spacious and she could sense Charles’s presence everywhere. She stood up and sat back down again, and continued doing so a couple of times. Finally, she took out her phone in frustration.

Just as he had said, the WiFi password was still the same. It was the one she set long ago.

It was the Chinese phonetic alphabets that spelled out ‘Sophia likes Charles’, followed by ‘1314’ that she had childishly added.

The court results, the pregnancy, White Family… Sophia felt frustrated and a sense of helplessness as everything flooded her mind.

She took her phone out and started a game but she lost so many times that her teammates cursed at her and even reported her.

Sophia simply threw her phone aside and lay down on the bed. The pillow was Charles’s, the bedsheets were his as well, and so was the duvet. Everything she inhaled in this room just reminded her of him and it felt like… she was lying in his arms.

She jolted up at the last thought and sat up quickly, then got out of bed swiftly.

Beep——

Beep——

Beep——

Right then, her phone began buzzing.

Sophia took a deep breath and grabbed her phone. She had thought someone was calling her but when she glanced down at her phone, it was just a message notification.

I Am Heaven and Earth, I Am Your Death: [Sophia! Check the news!!! It’s crazy, just crazy!!]

I Am Heaven and Earth, I Am Your Death: [Oh my goodness, I did not expect the Big Iceberg to be like this! I was wrong! No way, this is too unexpected!]

I Am Heaven and Earth, I Am Your Death: [This just proves how important it is to have a reliable friend! (struggle) (struggle) The next time my fatty father nags me about choosing my friends wisely, I’ll never talk back to him anymore! It’s like that old man has a prophetic vision!

I Am Heaven and Earth, I Am Your Death: [Sophia, you might just be one of the saddest and most miserable people of the year! (pat head.GIF) Come here, come and cry in my arms! Tsk tsk, Leah is truly too evil!!]