Chapter 379

Sure enough, the stairwell was quiet and much more spacious.

However, Sophia did not dare to go along when she was unsure of Nicole’s motives. Who knew whether someone was already there waiting to ambush her?

“I drank quite a lot of fruit tea, I think I need to use the restroom so let’s just go there,” Sophia said.

Nicole frowned. “There might be people at the restroom so it might be inconvenient for us to talk. It’s fine if you don’t want to go to the stairwell, we can just talk when we get home.”

“There’s not a lot of people in the hotel now, why don’t we first check out the restroom? If there’s nobody there, we can stay and talk. If not, we’ll figure something else. Does that work?” The more Nicole tried to convince her to go to the stairwell, the more uneasy Sophia felt.

Nicole glanced at the stairwell door casually and hesitated for a moment before nodding her head.

Sophia kept quiet about Nicole’s subtle action and cast a look in the same direction as well but saw nothing.

Once they entered the restroom, Nicole checked around to see if there was anyone while Sophia straightaway went into one of the cubicles. She locked the door behind her and immediately texted Charles.

[Nicole kept looking at the stairwell just now, can you go and check if see there’s anything up?]

[Got it.]

Sophia deleted the chat history and put away her phone, Then, she flushed the toilet and walked out.

There was no one else in the restroom aside from the two of them. Upon seeing her, Nicole quickly asked, “Soph, it’s already the sixth day, have you made up your mind?”

“Nicole, I thought about it and I have decided to stay with Charles,” Sophia replied.

A frown instantly spread across Nicole’s face. “Do you not believe me?”

“... I do.” Sophia clenched her fist and mustered all her energy to control the surging rage that rose in her body.

It was because she trusted Nicole so much that she felt such immense pain after finding out that Nicole had framed Charles and deceived her!

Nicole was confused. “If you believe me, why would you still choose to stay with Mr. Harris then? Do you love him that much that you can look over the fact that he had indirectly caused Mom to commit suicide?”

“Nicole, please don’t misunderstand this.” Sophia gave her a bitter smile as she continued, “If I just leave Charles after he killed Mom, how can I possibly avenge Mom? With his power and influence, it’s practically impossible for us to stand a chance against him!”

She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists furiously. “I want to stay with Charles so I can let him trust me wholly, and when he finally lets down his guard against me, I’ll be able to unravel some of Harris Corporation’s top trading secrets and sell them to their business rivals. I will ruin them to avenge Mom’s death!”

It was most likely that Nicole suddenly made this false accusation against Charles for business purposes.

If that was the case, Nicole would surely agree with this proposal!

However, Nicole turned down the idea without hesitation. “No! If you do that, Mr. Harris and the rest of the Harris family would never forgive you!”

On one hand, she wanted to set Charles up, and on the other, she would not let Sophia go up against him. What in the world was her sister-in-law trying to achieve?

Was it possible that Leah or perhaps Master Harris had ordered Nicole to convince her to leave Charles?

Or was it possible... that Nicole had intentions toward Charles?

“Soph, I’m begging you! You don’t have to avenge Mom’s death, you just need to leave Mr. Harris as soon as possible and I assure you that I’ll figure out a way to send you abroad.” Nicole took Sophia’s hands in hers and softened her tone. “Please?”

The wariness in her eyes did seem genuine and Sophia could not decide whether her sister-in-law’s acting skills were too good or did she have her difficulties and reasons.

“No. I will never forgive whoever indirectly caused Mom’s death, no matter who the person is! What do you think, Nicole?” Sophia kept a careful gaze on Nicole.

Nicole’s eyes flashed. “We can discuss this later. We have been gone for quite some time now, we should get back now in case Mr. Harris or your brother suspects something.”

As if worried Sophia was going to ask any more questions, Nicole quickly rushed out.

Seeing Nicole’s fleeing in panic, Sophia paled.

From how Nicole had reacted, it was quite obvious she was indeed guilty... How was she supposed to tell Ster about this? What about their children, what would happen to all of them?

“Soph, what are you doing inside?” Ster’s voice came from outside.

Sophia took a deep breath and mumbled a response before walking out of the restroom.

Three of them were waiting outside.

Noticing her troubled expression, Charles came to her side and pulled her hand. He rubbed the back of her gently as a gesture to comfort her.

However, Sterling could not bear the sight of it. “The two of you are just getting too much! Both of you used to be so much normal, but now, you can’t even stand being apart for even a few minutes!”

Soph was only using the restroom, how many times did Charles have to check the time? Ten times? It seemed much more than that.

Nicole’s frown deepened when she heard Sterling, and her expression turned even more sullen.

“We’re just a newly-weds enjoying each other’s company, you wouldn’t understand.”

Sophia’s hands were ice cold and covered in sweat. Without saying a word, Charles rubbed the sleeves of his shirt against her palms and held her hands in his to warm her up.

“What newly-weds? Harris, let’s keep things straight. I appreciate your help with what happened to our family but Soph hasn’t agreed to marry you yet!”

Sterling was not ready to let someone snatch away his precious little sister whom he had pampered for so many years.

The edge of Charles’ lips twitched as a look of amusement flashed across his eyes. “I just proposed to her a few days ago. In fact, she’s already wearing my engagement ring.”

With that, he raised Sophia’s hand and showed Sterling the ring on her finger. “That should be enough to make us newly-weds, right?”

Clank!

Nicole’s purse fell to the ground. Since she had left her purse unzipped, all her makeup products and random miscellaneous items fell all over the floor.

Sophia turned around to look at her, only to be met with her pale face.

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

Chapter 378 Go Ahead, Bash Her To Death —— Was it possible that Nicole actually had feelings for Charles?

The instant this thought flashed through Sophia’s mind, she felt her chest became heavy and there was an indescribable sense of emotion that tingled her.

However, this was the only reason that could explain Nicole’s recent unusual behavior.

“Honey, what’s wrong?” Sterling was worried.

Nicole shook her head as a shade of exhaustion cast over her face. “It’s nothing, my purse slipped out of my hands because I wasn’t holding it properly.”

She crouched down and picked up her things.

“No no no, don’t move!” Sterling quickly rushed over to help her up. He checked her hands anxiously and asked, “Are your hands hurt?”

“No, I’m fine.”

“Alright, that’s good. Tell me which are the ones you still want and I’ll help you pick them up. Just throw away the broken ones and I’ll buy them for you later on, alright?” Sterling squatted down and pointed to the array of things spread all over the floor. “Alright now, tell me, which ones do you still want?”

Sophia’s heart ached when she saw this.

No matter how her brother acted outside, at the end of the day, he was a great father who loved his wife and children. If he was to find out that Nicole had something to do with Mom’s death...