Chapter 378

“Grandpa Jones, are you talking about selling the shares to Master Russell?” Audrey exclaimed in surprise, “But the White family’s stock market has been plummeting day by day recently, who would possibly take over the shares?”

Master Jones could no longer maintain his composure anymore and stood up abruptly. “Leah, what’s going on? Talk to me! Didn’t you say that it wouldn’t be a problem to sell Master Russell the shares because of the two new drug treatments?”

Leah’s lips quivered. She opened her mouth several times to respond but no words came out.

“What new drug treatments? The Sommer family is the main drug and medication developer in the country and we are constantly aware of the happenings in the industry but I didn’t hear anything about any new drug treatments!” Audrey said.

Master Jones’ face instantly paled. “You... Are you sure?”

“Of course. Grandpa Jones, is it possible that you have been deceived?” Audrey asked innocently.

Master Jones clutched his chest as he panted heavily. “Leah Jones!” He gritted his teeth and yelled.

His hands reached for whatever he could grab around him and flung it at Leah.

Leah was struck in the head and her body was soon covered with cuts and bruises, yet she did not move.

She had never expected an idiot like Sterling to set up such a well-designed scheme, and most of all, she never thought she would jump into his trap so willingly as well!

Go ahead, bash her to death! Then, at least she would not have to force herself to face reality!

Master Jones was close to losing his mind, his eyes filled with rage. “You set the loan duration to seven days because you thought this would convince Master Russell to believe your bullsh*t! The deadline is the day after tomorrow and we have all these shares in our hands, what are you planning to do now?”

“Leah Jones! You truly ruined the Jones family this time! Do you know how much money you just lost us?”

“Scram! Get the h*ll out of... of here...”

Bam!

Master Jones fell straight to the ground.

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At the Swiss Hotel.

“The Jones family is trying to suppress all the bad press about the White family but with us around, how could that even be possible? Hahahaha...

That wh*re should regret digging out all of our dirt now, don’t you all agree?”

“They’re probably worried that if this goes on, the stock value would drop even more, and on top of that, their loan payment is due really soon and they might not be able to pay up on time. Then, they would offer that old friend of mine a low rate and convince them to take over the shares!”

“After all the trouble they’re about to go through, Jones Group wouldn’t be able to run the projects that they snatched over either. They’re certainly not capable of paying the breach of contract fine now so they would contact our side and beg us to take over the projects.”

“This mess has cost Jones Group to lose several hundred million so far, I heard their shareholders are having a riot at the company now, asking the Jones family for an explanation!”

“Master Jones was so furious he suffered a stroke too! He’s currently admitted to the hospital ICU, but not before he kicked Leah out of the family!

Now that Leah is exiled, I guess this entire mess is up to William and his father to take care of!”

“Once we come out tomorrow and clarify all the negative news that was leaked today, then tell the press about Leah’s plan, White Industries’ stock value would certainly rise. By then, I think Master Jones might just suffer another stroke!”

Sterling’s face was radiant as he explained the Jones family’s current situation. Then, he raised his glass and gulped down the entire glass of wine.

Finally, he felt that his thirst had finally been quenched.

“Come on, give me another glass! Harris, I truly admire you for this one. Here, let me drink a toast to you and Soph!”

Sterling poured Charles another glass full of wine before turning to Sophia.

“Don’t give her anything.” Charles grabbed the bottle away from him and placed it aside on the table, then poured Sophia a glass of warm fruit tea.

“Soph has a stronger alcohol tolerance than me, what’s wrong with just one drink? Even when I was hospitalized for the car crash, it didn’t stop me from drinking either.”

“You have thicker skin and flesh than her, how can you possibly compare yourself with her?” Charles raised his brow and looked at him.

Sterling, “...”

Why did he feel personally attacked?

“You’re pregnant now, you should avoid any form of shellfish.” Seeing that Sophia was helping herself to some shrimps, Charles immediately stopped her and slid the shrimps back to the plate before taking some vegetables for her.

Sophia poked the lump of vegetables with her fork, and deciding that she had no appetite for greens, she reached for the chicken wings.

“That’s too oily.” Charles took away the chicken wings from her plate and plopped it onto his, then helped her with a serving of stewed ribs.

Sophia, “...”

Sterling could no longer ignore what he was seeing. “Charles, you’re so womanishly fussy for a man! My sister loves seafood and chicken wings, how can you deprive her of her favorite dishes?”

He stood up as he spoke and switched the vegetables in Sophia’s plate with a chicken wing.

“Maybe you should ditch the shrimps, you shouldn’t be taking seafood anyway, but I think a chicken wing wouldn’t do any harm. Here you go!”

Charles glanced at the chicken wing and looked at Sterling. “Brother, before we address the White Industries’ bad press, the plan hasn’t fully succeeded. Like Leah, everything went well until the last part of her plan when something went wrong.”

“Ah?!” Sterling was startled, and quickly switched back the plates. “Soph, Harris is just doing this for your own good. Try to control your cravings now but once you have your baby, I’ll buy you anything you want to eat!”

He was in too good of a mood today, and in addition to all the wine he had drunk, he was even more chatty than usual. “A few days ago, the Jones family was just right here celebrating that their plan has succeeded, but here we are now celebrating that they have walked right into our trap! Well well, look at how the tables have turned!”

Nicole, on the other hand, was extremely quiet throughout the meal. She seemed quite down as well.

When they were almost done with dinner, she said to Sophia, “I think I drank a bit too much. Do you want to go with me to the restroom?”

Sophia figured that she wanted to talk to her about Charles and instinctively frowned, but seeing Charles’ signaling look, she nodded.

“I’m almost done eating too. I can go with the two of you and wait outside.” Charles stood up and reached for his suit jacket from the clothing stand.

A troubled look flashed across Nicole’s eyes.

Worried that Nicole would not talk to her if Charles came along, Sophia said, “It’s not every day we get to celebrate over things like this, you should stay and have a few more drinks with Ster.”

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

Chapter 377 There Are No Such Drug Treatments She rose to her feet and cupped his face to kiss him on the lips. “I’ll be right back.”

Charles noticed the pleading look in her eyes and could not bear to say no to her. “Alright then, come back quickly.”

“Alright.”

“D*mn it, can the two of you stop it? She’s just going to the restroom for literally one minute, do you have to act like she’s going to die?” Sterling could not help but roll his eyes.

These two were absolutely sickening!

“Soph, can we go now?” Worried that Sophia or Charles might change their mind, Nicole quickly asked.

Not wanting her to be suspicious, Sophia naturally linked arms with her. “Come on, let’s go.”

The restroom was just outside on their right.

However, just as Sophia was about to turn right, Nicole pulled her and said, “I don’t think the restroom is a safe place to talk. Let’s go to the stairwell, it’s much quieter there.”