Chapter 212

“In your dreams!” Sophia stood in front of him, looking up at this father whom she had admired so much, and said with a low voice, “When I have no value to you, I’m simply brushed aside. When I have the value, you want me to be your daughter again...”

She clenched her fists and gritted. “James White, do you think it’s going to be as easy as that? Do you think I’m still the fool I used to be?”

“You...” James pointed at her with his finger, face pale.

Sophia grabbed his finger, forced it down, curled her lips and said, “With so many people around, aren’t you afraid I’d cause a ruckus and ruin your reputation?”

She no longer harbored any expectations for her biological father, but at the same time, she also did not wish for her brother and sister-in-law to be negatively impacted because of their father.

James stared at her with wide eyes, clenched his teeth, and pulled his finger from her grasp, his face flushed with anger.

“Besides, Charles is already looking in this direction. If you don’t leave now, do you think he’ll assume you’re bullying me or intimidating me?” Sophia said.

James glanced at the direction of her pointed finger. Charles was still surrounded by people but he was looking in this direction now. He was chatting with some people with a faint smile on his lips, but his eyes were slightly cool as he glanced at this direction with a trace of discontent.

In a sudden light bulb moment, James realized something.

There was one time when he thought that cooperation was a sure-win, but it was unsuccessful in the end. When his son caused trouble in the Dream Club, Charles made an unreasonable demand for the White family to purchase the piece of land in G City. And when the Harris Corporation auctioned that piece of land, they had refused to give it to the White family...

All these questions seemed to have an explanation at this moment...

In order to avoid Charles’ retaliation against the White family for Sophia’s affairs, he had deliberately treated Sophia coldly in front of Charles.

Before any of those things happened, he had also emphasized his attitude towards this rebellious daughter of his, strongly indicating the detachment of their relationship.

At this very moment, James realized many things and sorely regretted his actions. All the things he had done had caused him to lose everything!

“James, what’s wrong with you?” Jenny noticed that he had not moved for quite some time and his face did not look good, so she asked hurriedly, “Are you feeling sick?”

Sophia snorted, “Yeah, he’s sick. He’s delusional.”

“I’m fine.” Strangely, James was not annoyed at her words. On the contrary, he looked at Sophia with a sincere attitude, “As your parents, I know we have let you down. It’s our fault.”

Jenny had felt very uncomfortable when she saw her husband and daughter fighting these days. When she saw her husband admitting his mistake, tears welled up in her eyes and she choked back a few sobs.

“As for me, I don’t expect your forgiveness at once, but I’m still your father and you’re still a part of the White family. If you face any difficulties, feel free to look for me or your family members.” James sighed softly, reaching out to pat Sophia’s shoulder.

However, an expressionless Sophia stepped back and avoided his touch.

Just because she was useful to him, he had changed his attitude again. This made her feel disgusted.

James was afraid that doing too much would cause a backlash from Sophia, so he just comforted her with a few words like a benevolent father before leaving with a tearful Jenny.

Just before he left, he told his son and daughter-in-law to stay and help rekindle their relationship.

“Just ignore him!” With a sullen expression on his handsome face, Sterling rolled the wheelchair up to the table, picked up the champagne that Sophia had taken a sip from, and downed all the contents. “He’s treating you better because he saw that b*stard Charles getting closer to you!”

Clara flicked a glance at the plaster that was still not removed and said sarcastically, “It’s rare for you to be so smart. Did you break your leg but fixed your head?”

Sterling was speechless.

“Ster, your arms and legs are not completely healed yet, why did you come? Will this delay your recovery?” Sophia asked.

Sterling was unconcerned and said nonchalantly, “What’s the delay? Even if I have broken both arms and both legs, I still have an invincible armor protecting me!”

“Are you referring to the Gold Armor Shirt?” Clara’s eyes lit up in excitement. “Have you read the martial arts novels written by the great author Jin Yong?”

It was Sophia’s turn to be speechless.

The object of Clara’s focus was very strange each time.

Sterling was not interested in such an old-fashioned martial arts novel. He would only read some webnovels when he was bored. When the two of them got together, they had gotten into a fierce debate about whether martial arts novels were better or fantasy novels were better.

“The doctor said it’s almost healed and the plaster can be removed soon. Don’t worry.” Nicole ignored the two bickering clowns. “He’s always worrying that you’d be bullied by Mr. Harris so he insists on coming here even in a wheelchair. If not for you, he’d never attend such a meaningless wedding.”

Her husband was someone who cared a lot about his image. Some time ago, he was already restless from lying in bed for such a long time, so she suggested he got into the wheelchair and she would push him out for a walk, but he refused for the reason that he looked ugly in a wheelchair.

In the end, he still got into a wheelchair for the sake of meeting Soph.

Hearing that, Sophia was relieved.

Very soon, Charles walked over with a tall glass of red wine that was almost empty. He looked carefully at Sophia’s face. Seeing no anger or frustration, he retracted his gaze.

“Ah, my stomach hurts!” As soon as he approached, the ever-noisy Clara suddenly had a change of expression, holding her stomach with her eyes half-closed and said, “Ouch, I can’t stand it any longer. I need to go to the toilet! Sophia, I need to go now!”

Sophia just hummed her assent before she ran away like a rabbit. Without even bothering to keep up with her pretense, she loosened her hold on her stomach and just ran.

Sterling gave Charles a side-glare and snorted heavily, seeming very displeased.

“Mr. Harris.” Nicole coughed drily and pinched Sterling on his waist. “Is your injury getting better?”

Charles put the glass on the table and gave Sophia a meaningful look. “It’s fine.”

Under normal circumstances, it should be healed by now, but Sophia had deliberately knocked on his wound with her elbow several times, causing the stitches to rupture. It was now only getting a little better and would take a lot longer to heal completely.

Sophia looked distracted and looked as if she did not notice his glance.

“At that time, it was also because Soph was in a critical condition and Sterling was too agitated to do such an absurd thing. He felt guilty all this time, regretting being so impulsive that day, and wanted to find a chance to apologize to you.”

Nicole glared at Sterling and said, “It just so happens that Mr. Harris is here now. Didn’t you want to apologize to him? Go ahead then.”

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

Chapter 211 Shining So Bright That It Blinded Everyone “I do regret it!” Sterling gritted his teeth and said, “I regret that I did not...”

Nicole pinched him with all her might, but he still gritted his teeth and completed his sentence, “...kill him.”

“Ster, Sterling...” Under Charles’s cool scrutiny, Nicole smiled awkwardly. She wanted to explain Sterling’s behavior but was at a loss for words.