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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

with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of the

“You don’t have to

do. I can be your 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 companionship as a

could make a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back to the city again; sitting down for

were already at this stage, Sonia was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you

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

“Okay,” she replied.

down his offer to drop her off at

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

the door

warned, “Take care that

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

You have to watch your back. Toby still hasn’t 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 wouldn’t turn him down if that

but she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know

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

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 underhanded

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

goodbye at him as she ducked

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

the next moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform

to see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal

caretaker. “Oh, you must

astonished Sonia asked, “You

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

responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told

a while now,”

raised a brow. “A

if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the caretaker confessed

laughed. “Thank you for

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

such, with the thermal flask in hand,

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