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Chapter 457

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?”

 

help my grandfather look for

I should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of

him with suspicion. “You don’t have to

back have yet to heal 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

she could make a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back to the city again; sitting down for hours on end would make her back shrivel up in pain. Besides, her driver had taken the next day off in light of his

with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she said as she took

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“Okay,” she replied.

having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from her place to the First Hospital

dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into the driver’s seat, he suddenly said, “Hey,

it?” She held the edge of the door and gave him

warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his

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

watch your back. Toby still hasn’t given up on you and now that he’s saved you from death, I wouldn’t 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 him down if that were

and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not such

time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan

he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did

sight of her nonchalance, Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call away if

before waving goodbye at him as she

she picked up on muffled speaking

wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a polite smile and asked, “Hello, Miss.

President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked, “You

Fuller earlier, he told me that a young

after hearing the explanation. So, he

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

a

to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’

“Thank you for taking

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

such, with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the hospital

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