Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 351

Charles turned her body over, and with one hand pressed to the back of her head, his other hand moved gently across her lower back.

He was rarely so gentle with her and her heart could not help but soften toward him. Her arms naturally wrapped around his neck as she carefully returned his kiss.

The kiss gradually went a little out of control as the panting sounds in the room eventually became heavier.

By the time Sophia came back to her senses, the clothes she put on mere moments ago had fallen to the ground. Both their bodies were pressed together skin to skin.

She suppressed the hollowness surging through her lower body, and just as she was about to push Charles away, he stopped.

“I’m going to take a shower.” He got up awkwardly, unable to cover his body’s reaction from her gaze.

Sophia nodded vaguely and pulled the duvet higher to cover her body, then lowered her eyes to avoid his gaze.

Charles made his way to the bathroom, but just as he was about to enter, Sophia called out to him, “Charles!”

“Yeah?” He turned back and looked at her. Under the dim, yellow light, his lashes seemed to have been doused in gold as they glimmered.

She propped herself up with both hands on the bed. “I… Charles, I’m just asking hypothetically. Would you ever… Do anything to hurt me?”

“Why are you asking me that?” Charles let go of the door handle and turned to look at her.

Sophia bit her lip. “I told you just now, I’m just asking hypothetically. If… You don’t have to answer me if you don’t want to.”

“If I say I won’t, will you believe me?” Charles asked back instead of answering her question.

Sophia did not reply right away.

“It doesn’t matter whether you believe me, but I will never do that,” Charles looked straight into her eyes and said to her in a solemn tone. Then, he walked into the bathroom.

Looking at the closed door in front of her, Sophia felt a mix of emotions.

Charles had hurt her because of misunderstandings in the past, but at the same time, he also suffered a lot just to protect her. On the other hand, she had known Nicole for so many years now, and like her brother, Nicole trusted and protected her unconditionally all this while…

Which one of them was the one lying to her now?

Was there something that happened that caused Nicole to misunderstand Charles?

Sophia’s head was beginning to ache from all the thinking. She took her phone out and looked up her chat with Nicole. After hesitating over and over again, she decided not to delete anything.

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The next morning after Charles left for work, Sophia received a call from Nicole.

“Soph, Father has already been in the hospital for three days now and the doctor still says that his condition doesn’t look good. Why don’t we pay him a visit today? After all, he’s still Sterling’s and your biological father.” Nicole suggested.

Sophia agreed.

There was no doubt that she hated her father, but that did not mean that she wanted him to die. Besides, she would get the chance to talk to Nicole and ask her about her mother’s online friend.

Since the White family had become the internet’s latest enemy, Sophia remembered to put on a cap, a mask, and a pair of dark shades before hailing a cab to the hospital.

By the time Sophia arrived at the hospital ward, Sterling and Nicole were already there.

James was lying on the hospital bed. It had only been two days, but he already lost so much weight that his hospital gown hung loosely over his frail frame.

All of a sudden, she noticed how white his hair was. It made him look much older, nothing like the 40-year-old man he once was.

“Get out!” As soon as James saw Sophia coming in, he sat up aggravatedly and yelled, “Get out now! I don’t want to see you!”