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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?”

 

grandfather

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

him with suspicion. “You

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 ease my worries,”

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. Besides, her

but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at

settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“Okay,” she replied.

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

She held the edge of the door and gave

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

of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have

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 wouldn’t turn him down

at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know

had helped her out with the bank loan that racked

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

my case. Anyway, just keep your guard

before waving goodbye at him as she ducked

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

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 informed, showing the woman

caretaker. “Oh, you must

asked, “You know

When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will

explanation. So, he told the caretaker about

a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she

a brow. “A

sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty

laughed. “Thank you for taking the

her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM

the thermal flask in hand, she walked

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