Chapter 78

”Also, Lew, why don’t you ask yourself how many benefits I’ve given Jones Group over the past two years to make up for what Sophia did? No matter how you look at it, we Whites are the ones who lost out here!”

When she heard that, Jenny remembered how the past two years had been like for them, and her tears continued to flow.

James pointed at the door. “Since it doesn’t seem to matter to you how much we do, since you still feel like we’re bullying you lot anyway, then fine!

Take your kids and get the hell out of here right now! From now on, our families are completely through!!!”

He had been keeping his head bowed to her for the past two years, so Madam Jones was stunned to see him suddenly cut ties like that. She blinked, at a loss for words.

“Dad, you’re finally acting like a man!” Sterling finally felt his frustration lessen slightly. He tilted his chin up and pointed at the door, roaring, “Are you deaf or dumb? He told you to get lost!”

Madam Jones recovered, her face flushing scarlet as she took Leah’s and William’s hands, making to leave.

“Mom, calm down.” Leah held her back easily since Madam Jones did not put a lot of force into it.

There was a storm brewing on William’s handsome face, but he did not protest his sister’s actions.

“Uncle James, I think that if you really wanted to cut ties with us, you wouldn’t have waited until now to do it. That’s why, if you pardon me, I’ll hazard a guess. You said so much and mentioned all that had happened over the past two years because you wanted to tell us how difficult it had been for you, right? You want us to understand that,” Leah said gently.

James accepted the medicine Jenny offered him and drank it all without a word.

Sterling laughed and said tauntingly, “As expected of a scheming b*tch, you overthink everything! But sorry, we really want to completely cut ties with you shameless scum this time!”

He did not hold back at all. William frowned deeply and wanted to say something, but Leah stopped him.

She gave him a look, telling him not to say anything before she continued, “Uncle James, I agree that my mom said some unacceptable things. Let me apologize to you on her behalf first.”

Madam Jones did not think she was wrong, so she wanted to say something but William stopped her. “Mom, let’s leave the rest to Leah. Don’t muddy the waters anymore.”

“Why the hell should we accept your apology?!” After what happened to Sophia, Sterling had no love lost for the Joneses at all. “Get out! Take your mom and William Jones and leave right now! We don’t need scum like you in our house!”

William’s frown deepened further, his eyes filled with dark clouds.

Leah pretended not to hear him, looking at James and saying sincerely, “Our families have been friends for decades, If we really cut ties over something so trivial, we’ll be the butt of so many jokes. Besides, Uncle James, you should know that our two companies are closely interrelated. If we really cancel our deals over this, the damage to both our companies will be considerable.”

“Yes, I let my temper get the better of me just now, and I said things I shouldn’t have.” James used the excuse she gave him to deescalate. “If you weren’t here today, our two families would really have broken up over my words just now. That would have been a terrible mistake on my part.”

Sterling’s mouth fell slightly open, his eyes filled with surprise and anger. He did not understand how the situation could have changed so suddenly.

“Oh, it’s not your fault, Uncle James. My mom is just a tad too stubborn. I heard that you gave that plot of land in G City to Charles, and it just so happens that we have some land here too. We want to build a large-scale amusement park on it, but there have been some problems with the funding, so would you be interested in investing some?” Leah said with a smile.

Jones Group and White Group had been cooperating for many years now, and James White knew perfectly well about the Joneses’ funding for the amusement park. The return of investments on their G City amusement park project was extremely high, and there was no issue with their funding.

By asking him if he wanted to invest it now, Leah was clearly offering him an olive branch over what happened earlier.

“Well, since you put it that way, I would be quite the failure of an elder if I keep harping on that incident, right?” James sighed. “Alright, get the PIC of the amusement park to meet me at the company at ten in the morning tomorrow, and we can discuss this matter. I’ll try to match the amount you need as soon as possible.”

Leah smiled. “Then I’ll be thanking you on behalf of Jones Group.”

“Oh, it’s nothing. You’re being too formal with me, Leah,” James said.

The shattered remains of the ashtray, vases, glasses and decor pieces that Madam Jones had smashed were still on the floor, but the people involved were acting like one big happy family.

The servants exchanged looks and began to systematically clean up the mess on the floor.

“Young Master, do you still want this tie?” one of the servants asked carefully, having picked up the ZIOZIA tie.

“The f*ck I do!!!” Sterling snatched the tie away and yanked at it hard, but he could not break it, so he slammed it onto the floor.

As the servants looked on in horror, he turned his bloodshot eyes toward James and squeezed each word out of his throat, “Once a cowardly b*stard, always a cowardly b*stard. Well, f*ck you!”

James turned red and pale in waves, as though a palette of paints had been overturned on his face. “Apologize to Aunt Lewis and Leah!”

“Apologize, my *ss! I’d rather eat sh*t than apologize to them!” Sterling took off his jacket and threw it to the ground, trampling on it a few times before striding toward the door.

James was so angry that his body shook. Pointing a finger at Sterling’s back, he roared, “If you leave out that door today, don’t you ever come back!

Just like Sophia, you won’t be welcome here again!”

“I won’t come back even if you beg me! This place disgusts me!” Sterling did not pause, nor did he turn back. His fury coursing through his veins, with such a violence that it threatened to tear him apart.

The Joneses were near the door. He grabbed the wheelchair and gave it a mighty kick before Madam Jones and William could react.

“You little!” Madam Jones was so livid that she could not complete that sentence. She hurriedly chased after the wheelchair, which was carrying Leah into the living room. “Leah, Mommy’s coming to save you! Don’t be scared!”

Sterling trudged up to a stormy-looking William and grabbed him by the collar. “Back then, you trailed behind my sister like a f*cking pug, begging for her love. But now she’s in trouble, you just keep casting one stone after another at her. What a wonderful suitor you turned out to be!”

“Watch your mouth!” William shoved Sterling aside, his expression cold.

“Ptoeey!” Sterling spat at the ground and gave him a vicious sneer. “I’d advise you to give me a wide berth from now on, or I’ll give you an *ss-

whopping every time I see you!” With that, as James continued to holler at him, Sterling strode out of the house.

Sophia did not expect Clara to visit her in the hospital with Zachary in tow. This would only be her fourth time meeting Clara, so the two of them were practically strangers.

“Oh, your lips are chapped. Come on, have some dragon fruit!

“You look pale. Are you not feeling well or are you worried about your brother? Don’t worry about your brother, my mentor already dropped the charges, heehee.

“What do you think about this dragon fruit? Tasty, isn’t it? I’ll buy you more next time!”

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

Chapter 77 Heartless Little Animal Clara never stopped chattering like a sparrow. She could talk to herself for a day even if there was no one to respond to her. If Sophia and Zachary gave her so much as a one-word answer, she could go off on her own for more than ten minutes on that.