Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 488

“Goodbye.” Sophia gave him a wave and watched as he left the room. She could not help but feel as if a small part of her was gone now, along with him.

Dr. Hemingway claimed that she was one of his few close friends, but he was hers as well. A genuine friend was hard to come by nowadays, and now that he was leaving, there was an unfamiliar sense of hollowness in her heart.

Charles stood in front of her and blocked the view. “Have you not seen enough of him? Do you want me to call him back?”

“Are you jealous?” Sophia asked.

Charles let out a soft snort and he did not seem happy at all.

The uncomfortable feeling in Sophia’s chest was immediately forgotten when she saw the sulky expression on his face. She reached out for his hand and said, “What’s there to be jealous about? Dr. Hemingway is just a good friend of mine.”

Sterling, “...”

He could not bring himself to watch this anymore. “Alright the two of you, that’s enough! The lovey-dovey in the air is making me sick! I’m leaving now!”

He waved to Sophia and left the room abruptly.

“As long as they’re a human person who breathes air, I’ll get jealous when they get close to you,” Charles pulled Sophia into his arms, his tone low and serious as he continued, “You’re mine.”

She was his to look at, to touch, to hug, and to kiss.

Sophia looked up at him and smiled. “What if my brother and Nicole get close to me? Will you get jealous as well?”

“Do you think you’re being funny now? Hmm?” Charles bent over and kissed her lips.

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Three months passed by in a blink of an eye.

There were a lot of people involved in the human experiments case, and no surprise, many of them were from the rich and influential crowd.

Most of them were like Master Harris, suffering from terminal illnesses and they just wanted to develop new drugs and treatment plans as soon as possible to save themselves some time. Hence, they pooled their money and coerced a group of well-known doctors who were the best in their fields to conduct human experiments for their use.

In comparison to Mr. Zellner’s case, this would cause much more uproar among the people, and it would easily stir up social panic and dissatisfaction.

The police officers in charge of this case contacted the team from the Department of Justice, and after several discussions, they decided to keep this case away from the public and to run the trial in private.

Due to the huge number of people involved, they ended up only arresting Master Harris along with a few of the other masterminds. As for the others who were barely involved in the incident, they simply got away with a light penalty.

However, the doctors participating in the experiments were punished severely, with the exception of those who were threatened to cooperate. Nothing happened to them and they were only asked to surrender all their experiment findings and lab reports.

On the other hand, those who had gotten involved because of money had their medical license suspended, and some of them even got arrested as well.

Since the case was not made public, Harris Corporation was not affected by it.

Nobody mentioned reelecting the chairman and president, while Ted and his family did a DNA paternity test. They were forced to hand over all their shares of Harris Corporation as well as all their assets and properties under the Harris family’s name and were banished from the Harris family.

As for the fact that Master Harris was still alive, there seemed to be an unspoken agreement for everyone not to bring it up.

After bringing Mr. Zellner’s case to trial, it seems that everything he had done was somehow related to Justin’s real grandfather —— Master Harris’ one true love’s lover.

However, Commander Zoe did not go into details. Perhaps it was because it was strictly private and confidential, they did not see the need to ask any questions either.

In reality, Sophia just did not care about all this anymore.

The day before her wedding, she put on her crystal-encrusted white wedding dress and stood in front of the mirror. Happiness, joy, and an indescribable bitterness rose to her chest.

The gown was beautiful, but she was covered with scars from top to bottom. The hideous scars posed a stark contrast to her white wedding dress, and she really could not bring herself to even convince herself that she looked beautiful.

For the past few months, she had been controlling her hormone drug intake and started working out to keep herself in shape. She was much more toned up than before right after the car accident, and the scars on her body had significantly faded after multiple operations.

However, she was still… ugly.