Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around! novel Chapter 32

“Miss Jones is so kind.” Sophia looked at her. Every word was squeezed out from her throat.

No one knew better about what had happened two years ago than her and Leah.

“You were my friend after all. How can I blame you?” Leah sighed. “If I were to blame you, I would’ve sued you two years ago. I wouldn’t have let you get out of prison so easily.”

“Should I thank you then?” Sophia suppressed the anger in her chest. Sarcasm filled her eyes.

Easy?

She was in prison for two years. She had to endure the humiliation from that group of people every day. She was even on the brink of death a few times, but Leah was saying that she had it easy?

“You don’t have to be a stranger with me.” Leah pulled her hand and said in concern, “I heard that you want to kill yourself? Did you hurt yourself?”

“I’m fine. Sorry to disappoint you.” Sophia pulled out her hand and wiped it on her clothes. She thought it was dirty.

“Why will I be disappointed?” Leah bit her lip. She was talking so sincerely. “If something were to happen to you, I’ll never forgive myself.”

Sophia was disgusted by her hypocritical manner. She lowered her head and did not say anything.

“It’s late. It’s difficult to call a cab now. Why don’t I ask my driver to send you home first? I’ll go back after.” There was a sincere look on Leah’s pretty face. She ignored the IV drip next to the bed. It was as if she did not know that Sophia was sick.

Sophia’s body trembled in anger. She was mad at her shamelessness. However, when she saw Charles from the corner of her eye, she transformed her anger into reluctance and endurance. She pressed her lips together and walked to the side of the bed. She started putting on her shoes.

Leah lowered her gaze slightly. The pleased glimmer in her eyes was hidden.

“Stay here and take care of your health. You don’t need to go to work these few days.” Charles took out a cigarette and held it between his pointer and middle finger. He did not lit it, and in the end, he put it away.

Leah blinked and said in surprise, “Sophia, are you sick?”

Sophia frowned and ignored her. It was all an act. She could never win against Leah when it came to acting.

“Why didn’t you say so?” Leah sighed and said in helplessness, “If I really sent you back tonight, Charles might think I’m doing this on purpose.”

“Are you not?” Charles peered at her with a fake smile on his face.

“Of course not.” There was concern in Leah’s eyes. “Don’t think of me like that, Charles. Even though Sophia is the reason why I’ll never be able to dance again, I don’t blame her at all.”

Charles laughed with an unknown intention. He said to Sophia, “Go back to work after you’re discharged. Don’t have any other ideas.”

“Yeah.” Sophia’s hands clenched and unclenched. After hesitating for a while, she said, “Thank you for letting me stay in the hospital.”

She could not control her heart. She knew that she should stop having any feelings for him, but his slight concern and kindness restarted her heart again.

She was cheap.

However, she could not change.

Love was as addicting as poppyseeds. She knew it was poisonous, but she could not change it.

“You’re welcome.” Charles smiled slightly. Her image was reflected in his dark eyes. “You’ll live if you take good care of yourself, and as long as you’re alive…” He leaned next to her ear before whispering, “You’ll be able to repay your debts.”

Sophia’s heart stopped. She felt like she was in an icehouse where the cold was piercing into her bones.

She watched as Charles and Leah left the room. People would get jealous of the handsome man and beautiful woman. Meanwhile, Leah lowered her head to look at her uniform and the hole on her hand made by the needle. She laughed mournfully.

“Leah.” In the dim streetlights, she could not see Charles’ face clearly.

Leah grunted a reply. She lifted her head to look at his handsome face. There was admiration and yearning in her eyes.

She liked it when Charles called her name. Whenever he said her name, her heart would start racing.

“You’re smart. You should know what’s an appropriate question and what’s not. You also should know what you should do and what you should not.” Charles’ right hand was on the wheelchair. There were creases on his suit because he was bending down.

Leah’s heart skipped a beat. She blinked and said, “Am I? My mom always says that I’m stupid.”

“Heh.” Charles straightened his back and chuckled with an unknown intention. Then, he walked over to the Bentley that was parked on the side.

After he got into the car, he lowered his window and said flatly, “Don’t follow me next time. It’s easy to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating. It’s very dangerous.”

Leah’s face was frozen. She opened her mouth to say something, but he did not give her the chance. He rolled up his window immediately and disappeared from her vision.

“If I really am smart, I won’t use my leg as a stake.” Leah placed her hand on her broken leg and looked at Sophia’s room. She muttered, “Sophia, why did you come back with no shame?”

…

Sophia went home after staying one night in the hospital. She did not have much money. She could not spend all of them on the hospital bill.

“Yo, you came back.” Tiffany was on the bed. There was a bandage wrapped around her head. She looked comical. “I thought you died out there.”

“Tiffany, shut the f*ck up if you don’t want to get hit again.” Megan was doing her makeup. When she heard Tiffany, she said while furrowing her brows.