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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?”

 

my grandfather look for his

I should go 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

to feel her back. A gentle prod was all it took to make a sharp ache flare up on her back. She knew that there was no way she could make a three-hour drive

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

nodded eagerly. “Great, so 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 was forty

stubborn she was, he knew better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was

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

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

of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t

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

composure in the next second and flashed a 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

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

to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered.

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

before waving goodbye

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

a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform

dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman

the caretaker. “Oh, you must

Sonia asked, “You

Fuller earlier, he told me that

So, he told the caretaker about me in

you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side

raised a brow.

He sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the caretaker confessed with good

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking the

Toby was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it

in hand, she walked into the

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