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?”

 

grandfather look for his

with you,” he offered after taking

“You don’t have

driver. The muscles on your 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 also

on her back. She knew that there was no way 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.

a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can

eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“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 from her place to the First Hospital was forty minutes, which seemed manageable

try and 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,

held the edge of the door and gave him a look of

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

at this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let

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

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

after all, given that he had helped her out with the

returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he

I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard

waving goodbye

up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was

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

him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that

the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

astonished Sonia asked, “You

to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young

Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about me

come in, Miss Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while

a

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

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival.

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

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