Chapter 295 There’s Nothing To Be Said About Being Willing Or Unwilling To

Sophia wore a beige-colored wool sweater while standing under the white lights in the walkway. Her neck was splattered with many red hickeys, which was a striking contrast to her skin and the color of her clothes. It was like a glaring black stain on a white piece of paper, which was particularly painful to Sterling’s eyes. Sophia was embarrassed by his stares as her hands subconsciously reached up to cover her neck. However, this was calling attention to something she wanted to be hidden. She gave an unnatural cough as she put her hands down. The room door was now open as Sophia had been pulled out of there. Sterling stared painfully at Sophia with a look of disbelief as he pushed the door wider to look into the room. Charles was sitting calmly on the big, pink bed that looked like it was designed for a teenage girl. He was covered with a sky-blue blanket that once belonged to Sophia. His half-naked torso had a few obvious scratches. There were quite a few male and female undergarments spread all over the floor next to the bed. The atmosphere of the room was filled with a scent of passion and lust. It only required one look to know what had just happened. Sophia felt her chest tightening as she immediately tried to close the door, but Sterling quickly kicked open the room door. “Charles Harris!” “How do you do, Brother-in-law?” Charles looked at him from afar as he nodded slightly in acknowledgment. “!” Sterling erupted in rage as his handsome face turned a bright red. “I’m not fine, I’m not fine at all! You thick-skinned male incarnation of a vixen!” A subtle smile appeared on Charles’ lips, and his voice was slightly cool. “I’m not doing too fine either, actually. As a man, you do understand how rude it is to interrupt someone else, am I right, Brother-in-law? If it wasn’t the fact that you’re too stupid, I would have suspected you were doing this on purpose.” “Don’t you dare call me Brother-in-law! Who allowed you to address me as Brother-in-law?! It’s only eight-thirty o’clock and you’ve already taken Soph to bed. How shameless can you be?!” Sterling roared furiously. Charles did not join in the anger. All he did was reply slowly, “Such incidents will only happen more often than not. I think you should start getting used to it, Brother-in-law.” Sterling raged on breathlessly. “You…” “There’s nothing much you can do except to adjust to the situation. Both Sophia and I are young. Our hormones are raging. It’s something that’s unavoidable. After she officially becomes my wife, it’s only the natural duty of a husband and a wife to make love. By then, it would be even more unavoidable,” said Charles. Besides accusing him of being shameless, Sterling could not think of any other words to throw at Charles. He glared at Charles while his chest heaved heavily. He was so angered by Charles’ last words that he was unable to give a rebuttal. “Ster, Charles, he…” There was still a servant standing at the side while the two of them were arguing, and Sophia’s face was burning up. She pulled on the corner of Sterling’s sleeve as she attempted to tell him about Charles being drugged. Just as she was about to say something, Sterling interrupted her angrily. “Stop talking!” He knew Sophia was trying to say good things on behalf of Charles just by the sound of her tone! He had pampered this sister of his who was the apple of his eye for so many years. Yet now, she was actually standing on the side of another man… Charles was a shameless male incarnation of a vixen. Sterling wondered what sort of drug Charles fed her to make her so deluded! Sophia attempted numerous times to explain, but Sterling refused to listen. He glared furiously at Charles throughout the entire time. “Did you interrupt me and Sophia on purpose because you’re jealous that I’m in better shape than you are?” Charles raised an eyebrow slightly as he said casually. Sterling’s face was dark. “Who the hell would be jealous of you?!” “If your body is not physically well, you should go see a doctor. If you really can’t perform, you can try getting some aphrodisiacs. There’s no point in disturbing your sister’s happiness,” Charles continued. Sophia’s face changed from red to white as she listened to their ridiculous argument. Finally, she interrupted their quarrel. “Enough!” She turned toward Sterling and said in a low voice, “Mom drugged Charles… You’d better leave. This ruckus you’ve caused is just going to embarrass me.” “Why would Mom drug this son of a b*tch for no good reason?” Sterling asked in astonishment. The servant next to them lifted her head every now and then to peek into the room. There was a slight glaze in her eyes and a suspicious-looking blush on her face. Sophia frowned slightly and closed the door. She said to the servant, “You can head downstairs.” “I’d better stay here in case Young Mistress and Young Master have anything you need me for. I can immediately help,” replied the servant. Sophia said lightly, “It’s fine. You can go downstairs. Remember not to spread any stories about today.” The servant answered unwillingly at this and headed downstairs. “When did she start working here?” Sophia frowned at the servant’s leaving figure. Sterling pursed his lips. “It has been almost two years and she’s still just as clueless about the rules as before!” “Why didn’t you fire her?” Sophia asked. Sterling scratched his hair in annoyance. “Mom wouldn’t let me! This woman is called Lisa Swift. She’s a distant relative of Dad’s. She may be a distant relative, but the relations she has with us is so far off that you can’t really see her in any family tree! “You have no idea how many people in her family have tried to get on Dad’s good side, wanting Dad to introduce a man… Forget about it. To put it simply, she ended up coming to our house to work as a servant. Dad didn’t agree to it, but Mom was worried Dad would be bad-mouthed by his family back in the village, so she kept Lisa here! “This woman usually doesn’t follow the rules of the house and is always going around claiming to be our relative, bullying others. She even gossips constantly behind everyone’s back. So annoying!” Sophia gave this a thought when she heard her brother and said, “I’ll talk to Mom one of these days to fire Lisa.” A person like her who worked her way up by social climbing, gossiping, enjoying drama, and bullying others by using power would only create trouble at their home. Sterling said darkly, “It’s best to fire her as soon as possible. She tried to seduce me previously, but luckily your sister-in-law trusted me and didn’t fight with me over this.” Sophia asked, “Didn’t you tell Mom about this? Why didn’t she fire this woman?” Sterling was not happy. “I did. Mom said people like her were not to be trifled with. If we fire her for this reason, she might return to the village claiming that I tried to rape her. Mom said I don’t have a great reputation out there and there’s a higher chance of others believing her.” Sophia agreed with this. Sterling scrunched up his nose. “Don’t try to change the topic. Why would Mom drug Charles? What was she thinking? Isn’t she worried that Charles might think you were the one who did it and give you trouble?” Sophia rubbed between her brows, slightly tired. “Mom might be worried my fake pregnancy will be discovered by Master Harris. Don’t tell Mom anything about this. Let me do the talking.” Sterling gave an obscure answer as he stared at the room door with a vague expression. “As for what’s going on between me and Charles, I have my own plans. You don’t need to poke your business into this.” Sophia paused and tried to convince him in a roundabout manner. “Master Harris can’t find out about me pretending to be pregnant. So, in the future… Stop knocking on my door at night. You’ll only place me in an awkward position.” Silence. Sterling clenched his fists as bloody veins could be seen creeping onto his eyeballs. He lifted his head to look at her after a while. He asked, “Are you really willing to be with Charles from now on?” “There’s nothing to be said about being willing or unwilling to. If he lets me off, what about the Jones family? The Harris family? Or the White family? I’ve enjoyed the money and status brought to me by the White family. Whatever is happening to me now is something I can’t avoid.” Sophia’s lips twitched. This was what Charles had told her. It was cruel, but it was the reality of it.