Chapter 393

Sophia could not sleep a wink the entire night.

After Sterling headed out to the hospital, she wanted to go back to the room and call Yvette or perhaps Zachary to tell them about the current situation so they could investigate the person behind the bodyguards and take the necessary precautions against whoever was trying to harm Charles.

However, right before she entered her room, the bodyguards took away her phone, as well as requested her to leave her door unlocked in case she tried to escape.

Sophia tossed in her bed until dawn, yet she still felt wide awake. Right then, a bodyguard entered the room and handed her her phone.

“Mr. White is calling.”

Sophia accepted her phone and looked at the time, only to realize that it was already eight in the morning.

“Ms. White, I think you should pick up the phone if you don’t want your brother to get suspicious about anything and get himself involved. Please remember to put it on speaker mode,” the bodyguard said.

The feeling of being monitored and having someone ordering her around even with the little things in life was driving Sophia mad.

However, she had no other choice but to endure!

Sophia frowned as she answered the call on speaker mode. “Ster, what’s the matter?”

“Dad hasn’t woken up yet. The doctor says that he’ll most probably remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life,” Sterling said in a pained voice.

Sophia was stunned for a moment and she started hearing a loud buzzing sound in her ears.

First, Mom killed herself. Then, Nicole lost an arm, and then, Dad became a vegetable... All this happened just because someone was trying to split her and Charles apart.

If she had never fallen for Charles and pestered him to get together, would things still turn out this way?

“Come by the company now, our lawyer is here to divide Dad’s shares for the two of us. I’ll wait for you at the office,” Sterling continued.

Sophia frowned, but just as she was about to speak, Sterling ended the call.

When she called his number again, nobody answered the phone.

What was Ster up to now?!

“Can you please go out for a moment, I need to get changed.” Sophia threw her phone aside and looked at the bodyguard.

The bodyguard did not move at all.

Sophia tried to control her temper as she gritted her teeth. “What is it? Do you want to look at me as I get changed?”

“I’ll turn around.” With that, the bodyguard turned around, still showing no signs of leaving the room.

Sophia clenched her fists and glared at him for a while. With a sullen expression on her face, she changed under the covers and headed downstairs.

“Ms. White, would you like to have breakfast first or would you rather head straight to the company? I can get someone to buy you breakfast if you want.” The bodyguard followed behind, completely unfazed at Sophia’s stern glare.

Sophia did not turn around as she replied snarkily, “I wouldn’t dare to trouble you with such a simple little task. I’m afraid you’ll kill me before I even realize it.”

“You’re still needed so we won’t kill you.”

“Oh, should I thank you then?” Sophia snorted as she turned into the kitchen.

With so many things on her mind, Sophia had no appetite to eat at all. However, keeping in mind that she was pregnant, she must think about her baby.

Sophia made herself some porridge, and when she was almost finished, Nicole joined her in the kitchen. Her son was holding her left hand whereas her daughter was clutching her empty right sleeve.

Sophia initially did not have much appetite, but after seeing this, she could not even finish the rest of her porridge.

“Why are you just eating porridge? You should eat something more.” There was still a hint of guilt in Nicole’s eyes. Clearly, she still felt remorseful for framing Charles.

“I’m full now.” Sophia could not bring herself to face Nicole. “I still have something to do, I should go now.”

She stood up and grabbed her coat before leaving the room.

Nicole yelled to her from behind, “Soph, what happened after Sylvia called you? She ordered those two nannies away because you agreed to her conditions, right?”

“No. Sylvia might know how to talk big about herself, she doesn’t have much power in reality. Aunt Harris just had to show up and she got so frightened she called her people back right away,” Sophia said as she lowered her gaze, trying to conceal the guilt in her eyes.

She had cost her sister-in-law an arm already, she could not drag her into this mess once more!

Nicole stared at Sophia’s leaving figure with a complex look on her face as she mumbled, “Alright, just be careful.”

Soph was clearly dismissing her with an excuse but... Forgive her for being selfish but she could not risk both her children’s lives anymore.

Sophia turned around and flashed her a smile. Without saying anything else, she headed out and got into the car.

The car came to a stop in front of White Industries.

As soon as Sophia entered the building, she heard the employees whispering under their breaths.

“I heard Mr. White has become a vegetable, does that mean the company is in the hands of the young master now? He’s just a good-for-nothing kid who only knows how to spend his rich daddy’s money, will he be able to cope?”

“You never know, it might just take a few years before he completely ruins White Industries! Anyway, I don’t have faith in his capabilities and I’m already preparing to jump ship!”

“All of you are too pessimistic! Have you forgotten who’s the one backing the young master now? It’s Master Russell! I’m sure all of you have heard of Lenyess Corporation, what can you possibly be scared of when White Industries have them as their patron!”

“You guys can go ahead and jump ship but Fiona and I are staying! With Lenyess Corporation and Harris Corporation standing behind White Industries, how can White Industries possibly fall?”

One of them suddenly noticed Sophia from the corner of his eyes and quickly nudged his colleagues, signaling them to stop talking.

“Good morning, Ms. White,” they greeted Sophia softly, worried that she was about to reprimand them.

However, Sophia merely nodded at them and walked away.

Sophia got off the elevator and walked straight to Mr. White’s presidential office. She was about to knock on the door when she lowered her hand.

“We’re discussing White Industries’ private matters, must you be present as well?

“We just want to make sure that you’re not talking about anything you shouldn’t be, you have our absolute discretion of everything we hear,” the bodyguard answered respectfully.

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

Chapter 392 Wouldn’t I Be Serving Myself Up On A Silver Platter Sophia curled her fists again. She turned away and knocked on the door. After she heard Sterling’s response, she entered the office with the bodyguards trailing behind.

Sterling sat behind his desk in the office room with a few of his lawyers standing beside him, along with Maisie and a few of the senior executives of the company.

“Sign this.” Sterling stood up and pushed the equity transfer agreement as well as a pen before Sophia.

Sophia glanced at the documents before her and pushed them back to him. “Take the shares, I don’t want any of it.”

Now that she was under Sylvia’s hold, she had no idea how things would pan out so it was only safer for him to have absolute control of all the company shares.

“Just sign it, why are you being so bothersome?” Frustration crept upon Sterling’s face as he put the pen and paper back into her hands. “Hurry up and sign it so we can be done with this, I still have a ton of work to do.”

Sophia wanted to give another excuse to turn this down but he stopped her before she could try anything else. “All financial matters should be settled clearly even between blood siblings. Remember, you’ll have kids in the future so there will be more things involved. Just hurry up and sign this and I can get on with my work.”

Sophia took the document over and looked up at him as her throat tightened.

She and her brother always had a good relationship growing up. He would always say, “We’re brother and sister, why should we fuss about the small details?”

However, this time, he was drawing a clear line with her.

Sophia blinked her eyes as she forced the sourness in her eyes. She signed the document and passed the document back to him.

“The news of Dad in a vegetative state will break out sooner or later, have you decided how to deal with it? Are you able to handle all the company’s affairs?”