Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 358

“It’s normal to delay the releases of medication to the market. It’s a sign of responsibility toward the patients, why are you implying that it’s murder?” Charles asked her rhetorically.

His response was like a basin of cold water that poured over her and drenched her from head to toe. Even her blood turned cold when she heard his words.

He was just like Master Harris, completely disregarding the lives of humans…

“What are you trying to ask me? You can just get straight to the point and stop beating around the bush.” Charles frowned slightly as he stretched his hand out to dab the sweat on her forehead.

However, just as his fingers touched her forehead, she moved away.

Charles withdrew his hand and looked at her quietly.

Sophia turned her gaze away as her heart began racing in her chest. “It’s nothing, I just feel a bit scared… If Master Harris just passes away like this…”

He remained silent.

She looked up and sneaked a glance at him, just in time to meet his gaze. The look in his eyes was deep like a whirlpool, seemingly trying to suck her soul in.

It also seemed like… He could read her mind and see through all her thoughts.

All of a sudden, Sophia felt that she could almost see Master Harris’ shadow over him. She felt her limbs turn weak as her palms became sweatier, even her lips quivered uncontrollably.

Just as she thought Charles was about to ask her what was wrong, he retracted his gaze. “You’re probably nervous because Madam White just passed away.”

“... Yeah.” Sophia wiped her sweaty palms on the blanket, unsure of what to say to him anymore.

When Sophia did not say anything more, Charles’ eyes dimmed. He stood up and tidied himself up, refastening the buttons he had unbuttoned earlier when he ran over. “Have a good rest, I have to head back to the office now.”

If she did not want to tell him what was on her mind, there was no point for him to press on further either.

This only proved that he was still not good enough and she still did not trust him completely.

Sophia mumbled an incoherent response, wondering if he had seen through her thoughts. By the time she came around, he had already left the room. She was now alone in the room.

Not knowing why, her chest suddenly felt empty. There was an indescribable sense of unhappiness.

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Once Leah returned to her room, she received a call from the newly appointed chief financial officer at Jones Group.

This newly appointed chief was once her mentor, so they had quite a good relationship.

“Leah, I have great news! I heard there were talks of Mr. Long and the rest of the board suggesting to the White family that Mr. Long be appointed as the new chairman, but I’m not sure why the discussion fell through!

“So now Mr. Long has revealed that he wants to sell all the shares he has of White Industries. As long as anyone offers him a good price, he’ll take it!

“Mind you, he has 25 percent of the shares, so if we manage to acquire that and form an alliance with Director Lee and Mr. Cullen, we’ll have control of White Industries! What do you think, should we do it?”

Since the White family only had the 35 percent that James still held, it was impossible for them to maintain themselves as the main stockholder.

If Jones Group acquired Mr. Long’s part of shares and ganged up with the rest, they would have a stronger control than James over White Industries.

Although Leah was quite tempted, she did not decide right away.

Even if Mr. Long agreed to sell at a low price, 25 percent of White Industries’ shares would not be a small figure. There was no way Jones Group would be able to bring out that huge amount of money right away.