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

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

him with suspicion. “You don’t have to tag

yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my companionship

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

new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she

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

“Okay,” she replied.

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 to

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

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

“Take care that Toby

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

put it past him to use your gratitude as

composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like

she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her

in whatever way he pleased and she would have been

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

before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car and

door was closed, but she picked up on muffled

a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on

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

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

astonished Sonia asked, “You know

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

see,” Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told the

Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the

raised a brow.

if there was any ‘pretty

laughed. “Thank you

had been so desperate for her arrival. Then

thermal flask in hand, she walked into

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