Chapter 457 The Act of Spoon-Feeding

Sonia rolled her eyes at Charles. “Look, do whatever you want to, but you’ll have to wait a bit if you insist on having dinner here because the chowder is off-limits.”

He pouted like a child. “Fine, I guess I’ll let him have the chowder, seeing as he risked death to save you and all that.”

“That’s more like it,” she said with a grin. “Now, sit down while I whip up a couple of dishes. It’ll only take a moment.”

 

“Okay.” Charles nodded and headed for the couch.

Sonia, on the other hand, wore her apron once more and returned to the kitchen where she resumed her cooking.

True to her words, it didn’t take long for the dishes to be done. They pulled their own chairs at the dining table and got ready to dig in.

He had only just picked up his utensils when he suddenly asked, “By the way, baby, I saw the suitcase next to the coffee table. Are you going on a trip?”

“Not exactly. I’m making a trip to my grandfather’s country house,” she answered after swallowing a mouthful of food.

With a curious gaze, he probed, “Well, what are you going there for?”

 

my grandfather look for his

back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of the

with suspicion. “You don’t

and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my companionship as a matter of precaution and it’d also ease

no way she could make a three-hour drive down to the countryside

with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case,

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

with, the both of them left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive

was, he knew better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into the driver’s seat, he

held the edge of the

as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you while

in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him

put it past him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you for some strange favor. You and I both know you wouldn’t turn

quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not such a low-life that he’d resort to something like

after all, given that he had helped

to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her

then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember

said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at

was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other

on the door. It opened the next moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a polite smile and

I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

asked, “You know

Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be

see,” Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So,

come in, Miss Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered

a brow. “A

see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the caretaker confessed with

laughed. “Thank you for

if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and she was

in hand,

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