Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 357

Sophia twisted her body uncomfortably as she felt the heat radiating from his body through his pants. “It’s just Leah pretending to be pitiful in front of him.”

“Are you defending him?” Charles straightened his back and turned her face so that she was looking at him.

Sophia almost smiled at his deep frown. “I’m just telling you the truth, how is this defending William?”

“You don’t have to purposely make him feel guilty. Even if he’s on Leah’s side, I will never allow you to be wronged,” Charles said coldly.

Slightly taken aback, Sophia’s heart ached when she heard his reply.

She had a feeling that Charles genuinely cared about her, so how could he possibly be involved with her mother’s death?

“Something on your mind?” Charles gently tugged on her jaw, forcing her eyes on him.

Sophia licked her lower lip and hesitated for a moment. Her arms went around his neck as she said, “Charles, I…”

Suddenly, the door opened as Sterling barged into the room.

He was about to speak, but the moment he saw Sophia sitting on Charles’ lap with her arms around his neck, he was completely stunned. His mind went blank.

Noticing the expression on his face, Sophia only then realized that she was still sitting on Charles’ lap. She immediately hurried to get up.

However, Charles kept his grip around her waist and pressed her back down. “What’s the matter, Brother?”

“When did I become your brother? Did I say you can call me Brother? How can you be so shameless!” Seeing the younger sister he had doted on for so many years get snatched away by this pig annoyed Sterling.

Charles continued playing with Sophia’s hair as he replied, “Funny of you to say that, Brother. Though, Sophia’s already pregnant with my baby and she’ll become my wife sooner or later. How else would you like me to address you, then?”

“Has Soph married you already? No, I don’t think so, so what nonsense are you spouting now!”

“She’ll be married to me very soon, so what’s the difference if I change the way I address you now?”

The two grown men were actually fighting about such a childish question, and they seemed extremely invested too.

Sophia figured that the argument would continue for a while if nobody interrupted them, so she coughed out loudly. “Ster, what’s the matter?”

“Oh, right!” Sterling smacked his head when he finally remembered the reason he had come. “Dad was just pushed into the operating room for a heart bypass operation. The company’s board of directors is already stirring up trouble!”

“Stirring up trouble?” Sophia instantly frowned.

“Yeah! They’re asking how long more does the White family intend to mess around in the company. They’ve all ganged up together. They’re insisting on electing a new chairman and are threatening to sell all their shares!”

The White Industries had gone through a business crisis about seven to eight years ago. At that time, James was forced to make the decision of selling all their shares to obtain the sufficient funds required for the company to get through the crisis.

This decision did indeed help White Industries survive, but the sacrifice James made was also incredibly drastic.

The White family had to let go of their stocks and lost their advantage of having absolute control.

James currently held 35 percent of the company shares, various companies took up 40 percent, and retail investors held 5 percent.

What the other shareholders did not know was that Jenny had the remaining 20 percent, so they thought that the 40 percent they had was superior over James’ 35 percent.

Therefore, the moment something happened within the White family, they immediately ganged up together to stir up trouble so that they could try to gain more personal benefits.