Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 85

The car ahead moved slowly, Charles put the car in gear and drove along. "You are the lady of the Harris family, so you really don't need to seek other people’s opinions when you want to do something, mine included."

"Then what if… I ask you to spare Soph?" Yvette just found out today that his son had forced Sophia to work in Dream Club. She felt conflicted. "She has suffered enough in the past two years. Can you spare her?”

There was silence in the car.

The car finally sped up after the congested section.

Yvette opened up her purse, closed it, then opened it up again. The rattling sound of her purse sounded particularly clear in the car.

She turned her head to look at him. "I don't think you like Leah either, so it really doesn’t concern you that Soph had hit her with a car and broke her leg. Why are you still…”

"Mom—" Charles cut her off and said in a deep voice, "I won't question anything that happened between you and Dad as well as Aunt Lewis and the rest, so please don’t interfere in my affairs either."

There was a flash of bewilderment on Yvette's face, but she quickly regained her composure. She closed her purse, clutched it in her hand, and stopped talking.

James and his wife arrived less than half an hour after Sterling left. Jenny’s gaze swept across the ward. There was no sign of Sterling. She asked anxiously, "Where's Sterling? Someone told us that he came to the hospital to visit you!"

As it turned out, they were not here to visit her. They were just here to look for Sterling. Sophia's eyes dimmed a little. "Sterling..."

She had just opened her mouth when James’ face turned crimson with anger. "I don’t care what other people are saying about Sterling behind his back, he has never talked back to me. After your release from prison, Sterling has not only talked back to me, but he has also run away from home. Are you the one who’s been egging him on?"

"Me?" Sophia pointed at herself and snorted. "I’m the one egging him on?"

"Who else? Ever since you were a child, you’ve been full of bad ideas. Sterling must’ve been fooling around with you! I can forget about your usual minor mischiefs, but I can’t believe that you actually encouraged him to run away from home! He has always adored and indulged you since childhood. Don’t you feel guilty at all for doing these things?" James screamed. He was so agitated that his face looked extremely ferocious.

Sophia fixed her steady gaze on him. He suddenly felt like a stranger to her. It felt as though she had never known him.

"James, Soph is your daughter too. Don’t sound so harsh." Jenny’s eyes revealed her distress as well as her anxiety. "Tell me, Soph, where are you hiding Sterling?"

Sophia's lips trembled. She lowered her head and mumbled, "I’m not hiding him."

"And you think I’m being harsh?" James pointed at Sophia and said to Jenny, "Look, do you think she will tell you the truth if you talk to her nicely?!"

Jenny let out a long sigh. She took Sophia's hand, and her tears started clattering down. "Soph, you need to think about us. You’re not a member of the Whites anymore. What will others say about our family if Sterling doesn’t come home?"

Sophia’s body was tense. She gritted her teeth to stifle the stinging sensation in her eyes.

Jenny did her best to convince her. "Even if you hate your dad and me, you have to think about Sterling and Nicole. Sterling knows nothing. How can he survive without White Industries? Also, your niece and nephew are still so young, only a little more than a year old. Do you really have the heart to watch them suffer because of your own selfishness..."

"That’s enough!" Sophia let out a suppressed roar. Her mother was asking her to think about this and think about that, but why did they not think about her?!

Jenny was stunned for a moment after getting yelled at. When she snapped back to her senses, anguish was written all over her face as tears gushed out like the current.

"A fond mother spoils the child. You’re to blame for how these two siblings have turned out today!" James exclaimed with a sullen expression and a sonorous voice.