Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 494

The moment Victor realized that he had developed feelings for Sophia was at a banquet dinner. A strange feeling rose to his chest when his finger touched Sophia’s, and his heartbeat quickened. Unlike before, he dared not look into her eyes now.

He merely shrugged it off, but it was not until the next few times that he saw Sophia and his heartbeat sped up again and he realized that he would consciously pay attention to her when he realized that somehow along the way, he had developed feelings for Sophia.

However, it was too late now. He had heard everything that happened between Sophia and Charles through Sophia herself, his friends, and his aunt.

He had never expected that the person who seemingly treated Sophia the worst turned out to be the one person who treated her best.

The most important thing to a man was his career, and it was no secret that everyone treasured their lives the most. However, Charles was willing to risk both his career and life just for Sophia.

If Victor asked himself, he would not even guarantee that he could do the same.

Besides, it was obvious that Sophia only had eyes for Charles, and he would never allow himself to try to intervene. His moral grounds would not let him.

He started distancing himself from Sophia, and he forced himself not to care about anything to do with her. It was his measly attempt in suppressing his budding feelings. However, the feelings were instinctual. Whenever she appeared in his sight, his gaze would naturally fall on her.

This was when Victor realized that it was time for him to leave.

If he stayed here, he would only fall deeper in love. She was like the nicotine that he was slowly being dependent on, and if he allowed himself to fall into addiction, it would be even more difficult to quit later on.

He spent a few sleepless nights thinking about how to proceed with caution when something suddenly came up out of the blue and disrupted all his plans —— Sophia was trying to fake her death and she needed his help.

Most humans were visual creatures.

He was an exception. Perhaps it was because he had been a doctor for a long time now, the human body was just another set of body parts to him. They all looked the same to him, and that was why he cared more about a person’s values and personality.

Now that Sophia’s face had been disfigured, maybe, just maybe there was a ninety percent chance that Charles might not be able to accept her anymore.

He, on the other hand, did not mind it at all. If they broke up, he was willing to wait for her to grieve their relationship and give her time to heal before he tried to make a move.

Victor stopped thinking about leaving. Aside from treating his daily patients, he spent the rest of his time keeping Sophia company. After spending time with her, he could tell that she was worried about her disfigurement as well.

He wanted to comfort her but he had no idea how to begin, and so he finally decided to lay the truth on her: not only was her face disfigured, there was also a possibility of her body going out of shape once she started on hormone drug treatments.