Chapter 828 A Heartwarming Dinner

Toby hummed in response as he buttoned up his jacket and said, “Let’s go.”

Sonia took a step forward, but perhaps she was hungry and still groggy from her nap because she wobbled on her feet. She had only just tried to walk when her legs caved under her weight, and she toppled forward like a house of cards.

At the sight of this, Toby’s expression froze. He didn’t bother with the last two buttons on his suit jacket as he reached out to grab Sonia’s arm, then pulled her forcefully upward and into his embrace.

The next second, Sonia found herself pressed against his sturdy chest, and she appeared to be in a daze. The fact that she had nearly fallen clearly scared her.

Toby held onto her gently. He had one arm around her waist and a hand patting her back softly as he asked anxiously, “Are you okay?”

She nodded feebly. “I’m fine.”

“What happened just now?” he asked as he gripped her shoulders and put some distance between them so he could look at her.

She let out a slow breath. Having regained composure, she replied calmly, “I was hungry, and I guess all my strength drained out of me because one moment I was standing and the next I was swaying. You saw what happened after that.”

Upon hearing her explanation, Toby nodded, then glanced down at her feet. “Did you sprain your ankle?”

She was wearing heels, and she could have sprained her ankle from a stumble like the one earlier. While he didn’t hear the sound of popping bones that usually accompanied a sprain, he wasn’t taking any chances.

“No,” Sonia answered with a smile. She shook her head good-naturedly when she saw how anxious he looked and added, “My ankles are perfectly fine. I promise.” As she said this, she made it a point to turn her ankle this way and that. When she was done with the right ankle, she proceeded to do the same with the left, and at last, she stood still.

Toby was no longer as worried when he saw that she was unhurt. Nodding slightly, he said, “Alright then. Come on, let’s get back to the apartment. You’re hungry, aren’t you?”

“I am,” she replied.

around her

hobble, as two so often did when they were glued at the hips. However, seeing as he

to hobble around for long before

grabbed the apron from the living room, then pulled it over herself as she made

don’t have

and handed him the apron instead as she conceded, “Very well, then. You get to have the

took the apron, then gave her

and let out an amused laugh, then turned to walk into the living room. She sat down on the couch and watched some television while

dinner, and Sonia was waiting

then picked up her phone. After glancing at the caller ID,

from the atelier,” a woman’s voice said

is a rather late hour for you to be calling. Is there something

we’re actually calling to inform you that the evening dress you ordered has already been shipped over from Milan. May I know when you would be free to drop by for a fitting so

explanation. Now that she remembered, she gave an embarrassed laugh. “I

mall the other day, she asked Daphne to place an order for an evening dress for her. Some time had passed since then, long enough for her to push this matter to the back

with a polite laugh, “Well, in that case, Miss Reed, we’ll see you tomorrow at

hummed in response.

the call ended, she put her

came up from behind her. She turned around to see Toby bringing a tray

was in the bowls until Toby bent over to put the tray on the

with potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables peeking out. She could even see the slices of beetroot that had given the soup its distinct auburn-ish coloring. On top of the soup was a dollop of

she stared at the

time to make anything fancy. Borscht happened to be the quickest dish I could think of when I saw beetroot in

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