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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

back with you,” he offered

him with suspicion. “You

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

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

left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We

settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

them left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer

her. However, just as she had

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 underhanded as

“Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call

goodbye at him as she

she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely engaged in a phone

wearing a caretaker’s uniform

him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the

the caretaker. “Oh, you

Sonia asked, “You

nodded in earnest. “Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was to let her

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

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

a

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

really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her

flask in hand,

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