Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 297

“I’m already up, so I might as well have breakfast downstairs. Where are Nicole and the kids?” Sophia asked.

Sterling replied to her, but his eyes were staring at Charles. “They’re still in bed. They’ll have breakfast later.”

After that, he frowned when he saw Charles’ hand around Sophia’s waist. He wanted to say something, but the words got stuck in his throat. He forced himself to swallow them.

“Go ahead and have breakfast first. I’ll head back upstairs to change my clothes,” Sterling said to Sophia and later grunted loudly at Charles before going upstairs.

When they got to the dining room, James and Jenny were already there. The former had an unhappy look on his face while the latter’s eyes were red and swollen. She looked terribly pale.

“We were about to get both of you down for breakfast, but here you are!” A smile immediately appeared on James' face when he spotted them. He stood up and took special care to pull out a seat for Charles.

Charles did not take the seat, but he did not stand on ceremony either as he got Sophia to take the seat.

The smile on James' face froze for a second, but he quickly pulled out another seat. “I have no idea what you like to eat, so I prepared a little of everything. If there’s nothing you like, I’ll get someone to buy more food.”

“Okay,” Charles replied with a neutral expression as he took the seat. He placed a few of Sophia’s favorite foods into her bowl.

Sterling had changed into his clothes and just entered the dining room. He immediately went to pull out a seat beside Sophia and sat down. When he saw Charles placing multiple food items into Sophia’s bowl, he did not back down either and did the same for Sophia.

Sophia knew Sterling was holding in his anger, so she said nothing.

“Sterling, stop this nonsense!” James berated him.

James turned to look at Charles and said warmly, “Charles, it was your Aunt Fisher’s fault for what happened last night. She was worried about the predicament you and Soph are in. She meant no harm. Please forgive her for it.”

Jenny wiped the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief. “It was thoughtless of me about what happened yesterday. It had nothing to do with Soph. Charles, it’s okay for you to blame me, but please don’t make… Don’t make things difficult for Soph.”

Charles ate his breakfast slowly, occasionally placing some food into Sophia’s bowl. He said nothing.

James said, “Just listen to what you’re saying! You did it for their sakes. Besides, Charles treats Soph so well, so how would he blame you and Soph? Am I right, Charles?”

Charles swallowed his food and wiped his mouth with a paper napkin even though his lips were clean. “I’ve recently realized how much I hate people who do whatever they like by brandishing around the reason of ‘for your sake’.”

James laughed awkwardly. “This was certainly your Aunt Fisher’s fault, but she is your elder, after all. Would you be able to forgive her for this?”

“Mrs. White drugged me with an aphrodisiac this time. What about the next time? It’s a scary situation to think about,” Charles said calmly.

He did not relent with his words, which made James’ expression change into an extremely unhappy look.

Sophia put down her chopsticks and gripped the corner of her shirt. She turned to Charles and said, “My mom…”