All Chapters of Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around!: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

"I appreciate your kindness, Aunt Hemingway. Dr. Hemingway is really outstanding, but our relationship is just that of a doctor and patient. Maybe we will become friends in the future, but I’m sure Dr. Hemingway thinks of me the same way I think of him. There’s no affection between us." Sophia caught every hint of reluctance that flashed through Madam Hemingway’s eyes.Madam Hemingway chuckled after hearing what she said. "What a pity, then. I have always wanted you to be my daughter-in-law since Lucy started talking about you.""Soph." Aunt Lucy was looking quite sullen, hitting the nail on the head. "Why don’t you want such a good man like Vic? Are you still thinking about Mr. Harris?"The smile on Madam Hemingway's face froze momentarily, but she soon went back to normal."Mr. Harris is Ms. White’s boyfriend now." Victor spread out his hands. "Aunt Lucy, I know you like Ms. White, but you can't ask me to be a homewrecker though, right?"Whoosh!Aunt Lucy stood up immediately.

Victor nodded and said no more. Madam Hemingway, however, asked, "Medical books are all very boring. How did you find them, Mr. Harris?""So-so." Charles wiped the sweat from the wing of his nose, walked up to Sophia, and extended his hand toward her. "It's getting late. Shall we go back?"Sophia glanced at his hand and quickly looked away. She then stood up on her own and was just about to say something when Aunt Lucy's room door opened."It's only nine o'clock. It's still early." Aunt Lucy walked out, wearing a smile on her chubby face once more. "Mr. Harris, you can't restrict her freedom even if you’re her boyfriend, right?"Charles said, “If this is a bar or KTV, then it’s still considered early. However, this is Dr. Hemingway’s house. Dr. Hemingway and Madam Davis still need to go to work at nine o’clock tomorrow. It won’t be appropriate for us to overstay our welcome.""You probably don’t know about our work-rest schedule, Mr. Harris," Aunt Lucy said belligerently, "We usua

“I’ll leave Sophia’s treatment in Dr. Hemingway’s hands, then." Charles glanced in Sophia’s direction, then turned his head and said to Victor.The arc at the corners of Victor's mouth was extremely faint. "I was entrusted by my aunt to treat Ms. White, so you don’t need to thank me, Mr. Harris."Charles looked at Victor, said no more, and bid his farewell politely before walking out of Hemingway’s residence.Sophia was waiting for the elevator in the corridor. Her head was lowered, so it was hard to see her expression. A layer of forlorn air was shrouding her entire being.Charles’ gaze dimmed. He walked to her side.When the elevator arrived, they entered the elevator. Neither of them spoke until they got out of the elevator. They might be lovers in name, but they shared a relationship that was worse than strangers.When they got out of the elevator, Sophia finally raised her head and asked without a single expression on her face, "Why are you here? Are you worried that I’ll sh

James followed behind her and walked over, finally looking at Sophia without a cold look on his face for once. "You probably know your mistakes by now. You can’t stay outside all the time either. Listen to your mother and go home.""Know my mistakes?" Sarcasm was written all over Sophia's face. "Why did I do wrong? Why am I clueless?"Her words choked James so terribly that his complexion changed immediately.Marie leaned against the car and looked at the family with great interest."Soph, we can consider you young and impulsive back then when you hit someone with a car, but why do you still refuse to admit your mistakes even until now?" Jenny said exasperatedly.James harrumphed coldly. "Giving birth to a daughter like you is simply the greatest humiliation of my life!""Hah!" Sophia sneered. She did not count on her parents anymore and was not in the mood to say anything either. Hence, she turned around and got into the car.At the sight of this, tears welled up in Jenny’s eye

Marie smiled and opened the front passenger seat door. "If you had told me earlier that you wanted to tag along, I wouldn’t have come here first.""It’s my fault," Sophia said, getting into the car.Marie revved up the car engine. "I’ll forgive you since you look so pretty."The car was speeding much faster on their way to Dream Club than before. Sophia rolled down the window a little to ease her motion sickness. She felt better only when the wind blew in. "Hawthorn slices and smoked plums." Marie held the steering wheel with one hand and tossed a bag of hawthorn slices and smoked plums to Sophia with another hand. "Mr. Harris prepared them. He said that you will feel better after you eat them."Back then, Sophia would prepare hawthorn slices and smoked plums whenever she went for car rides. She knew that she would feel better after eating them. However, after hearing that Charles was the one who had prepared them, she retracted her hands just as they were about to tear open the

The reporters at the door were just about to ask something when several more reporters and photographers came over with cameras and microphones.Sophia did not know who these people were but she knew their company—Trust Sun, the news industry giant. The credibility of their words was nothing other reporters could compare to.Marie motioned to her subordinates with her eyes and someone immediately pulled out a bunch of papers, distributing them to the reporters at the door. "These are all Mr. Raymond’s recent accounts receivable records and photos of him meeting up with Mr. Phillips. I guess there’s no need for me to elaborate on what exactly happened, right?"The reporters’ expressions changed instantly."Oh, by the way, here’s an advice for you: the reporters from Trust Sun are here. They will report everything as it is, so don't put your reputation on the line for sake of petty profit," Marie reminded nonchalantly.Having said that, she turned to Ben, looking as though she was s

Sophia glanced at the simmering hot tea in front of her and said in an indifferent tone, "I don't like drinking tea.""You used to like drinking it." Charles picked up his tea and took a sip. A good tea, but bitter in taste.Sophia lowered her eyes and said sarcastically, "I said that on purpose because you like it."After drinking it regularly over a long period of time, she now grew to love it as well.Charles glanced at her with dark and gloomy eyes. His well-defined fingers began tapping gently on the table as if a small fire was burning in his heart."This villa was renovated according to your renovation plans." Charles downed a cup of tea. The tea was probably too hot, hence the fire was not extinguished but burned fiercer instead.Sophia darted a cursory glance and let out an “oh”, saying, "I don’t remember anymore. Didn’t even notice."In fact, she had noticed it as soon as she walked in, but so what? Her desire to decorate a bridal chamber with Charles was long gone.C

When the sound of footsteps vanished from the living room, Charles signed the document and closed the file. He glanced in the direction where Sophia left. There was a flash of darkness from the depth of his eyes.Beep—Beep—The phone that was placed on the table started buzzing, irritating anyone who heard it.Charles glanced at the caller ID, frowning almost imperceptibly. He did not answer the call. After a while, the same number called again. His eyes darkened and he answered the call."Your grandfather has stage four lung cancer. Everyone is in the hospital now except for you. I don’t care what you’re doing right now, get here immediately!" Mr. Harris’ sounded like a large bell on the other end of the call.After telling Charles the location of the ward, he hung up straight away.Charles tossed his phone on the table, then slumped on the couch and rubbed his eyebrows, looking slightly weary. He had not seen his grandfather lately and could roughly guess that something was u

Yvette was stumped for words, whereas Mr. Harris looked exceedingly sullen. "Yvette, don’t speak without proof.""What’s wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable because I was criticizing her daughter?" Yvette smiled lightly."Idiot!" Master Harris chastised. It was unclear who he was referring to. "You really think I don’t know anything about that car accident?""Sophia can't even handle something as simple as that and has Leah leading her around by the nose like that. Do you think she will be of any help to the Harris family if Charles married her? We should be thankful if Leah doesn’t end up plotting a scheme against them instead!""Leah may have a scheming mind, but her feelings for Charles are real. Her marrying into the Harris family will not only be beneficial for the cooperation between the two companies, but she will also be a tremendous help to Charles in his day to day affairs—so much more benefits compared to if Sophia was to marry into the Harris family!”Yvette frowned almos

The smile on Ted's face froze. "Charles, that’s not what I meant. I wasn’t trying to give you any dividends, I was just...""I thought you wanted to give me some dividends as a reward, that's why you said that you were sorry. Looks like I got the wrong idea." Charles cut him off. "If you have no plans to give me any money, then don’t say things like you’re sorry and whatnot. It can sound misleading to others."Other Harris family members listened to their conversation and most of them looked on with disdain and contempt.Ted’s family received the most benefits from the Harris family, but his family was also the stingiest.He did not know how to handle big things and enjoyed sticking his nose into other people’s business; he was more careful and detailed than anyone when it came to minor calculations and would always think that he was suffering losses. It was more difficult to dig money out of them than to pull a hair from a tiger.With so many eyes on him, Ted felt quite embarrass