Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 468

“Dr. Hemingway, I understand where you’re coming from and I’m grateful for your sincere advice, but if the situation was reversed between us, would you sit around and turn a blind eye if the person you love is suffering?”

Victor felt his eyes burned as he watched her.

He averted his gaze abruptly and blinked quickly. “I would… try to come up with something else.”

Sophia gave him a wry smile when she heard this. “If there were other ways, I wouldn’t have chosen this.”

She would not joke around with her life either, but there was truly no other way.

Victor kept quiet for a moment before he stood up and said, “You can tell me what you’re up to, I’ll do whatever I can to help you.”

He knew what this meant: If he lent a hand to Sophia, he might bring trouble to the Hemingway family, but whether as a doctor or… a friend, he could not simply watch her cast away her life.

Sophia turned his offer down without hesitation. “It’s alright, thank you.”

“Why?”

“No reason.” There were too many things at risk and she certainly would not let her friend get dragged into this mess.

Master Harris was still in the washroom listening to their conversation and she did not want him to turn to the Hemingway family for help as well, and so she knew she had to turn him away as quickly as possible now. “Can you please leave the room now? I’m a bit tired and I would like to rest for a while.”

This was clearly an excuse to kick him out of the room.

Just as his hand reached for the door handle, Sophia called out to him from behind, “Dr. Hemingway, thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” Victor turned around and his Adam’s apple bobbed as he replied, “I’ll be leaving for the States in two month’s time.”

Her condition should stabilize in another two months.

Sophia was taken aback by this sudden news. “Is it a business trip?”

“No, I will probably stay in the States for the next ten years or so. I just received an offer from a well-known hospital and there’s potential for me to further hone my skills and develop my career.”

He just realized that had developed feelings for her, feelings he thought he had sworn off from the very beginning. Since she already had a partner, his ego and principles did not allow him to intervene in other people’s relationships.

Hence, he had to chuck it away before those feelings grew any more, and this was the best and most effective option that was viable at the moment.

“Congratulations are in order then, Dr. Hemingway.” Sophia looked at him and gave him a genuine smile.

Her face was covered with scars and wounds, and so she looked quite frightening when she smiled, but even so, her bright eyes sparkled as beautifully as stars in the night sky.

“Thank you.” Victor flashed her a smile and opened the door to leave the room.

The bodyguards were still standing beside her in the room whereas Master Harris and two other bodyguards were hiding in the bathroom.

However, as Sophia watched as the door closed behind Victor, it was as if the last ray of sunlight was disappearing before her, and she suddenly felt lonely like never before.

Aside from Master Harris who knew that she was still alive, Dr. Hemingway was her only other friend who knew.

If he left two months later, and if the Harris family had yet to resolve their issue, she would still be unable to reveal her real identity. When that happened, Master Harris would be the only person who knew that she was not Scarlett Griffin, but Sophia White.

One of the bodyguards walked to the door and locked it while Master Harris came out of the washroom along with two of the other bodyguards.