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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

with you,”

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t

can be your driver. The muscles on your back have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture;

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

her trip. “In that case, you can come along.

settled. I’ll

“Okay,” she replied.

of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from her place to

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 suddenly said, “Hey,

of the door and gave him

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

yours, Charles?

I wouldn’t put it past him to use

the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him

favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to billions and

have used those as valid reasons 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 stance that it wasn’t in his nature to do something as

sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him

it,” she said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as

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

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 asked, “Hello, Miss. How may I

brought him dinner,” Sonia

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked, “You know

“Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his

hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about

been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to make way

a brow. “A

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

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank

been so desperate for her arrival.

with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the

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