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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

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

“You don’t

your own would be torture; you’ll only

make a sharp ache flare up on her back. She knew that there was no way she could make a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back to

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

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

“Okay,” she replied.

done and over with, the both of 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 opened her car door and was about

held the edge of the door and gave him a look

a hard edge to his features as he warned, “Take care that

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

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

Sonia frowned, but she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not

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

way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was

I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m

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

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

on the door. It opened the next moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on

I brought him dinner,” Sonia

the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked,

to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will

explanation. So, he told the caretaker

for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side

a

balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the caretaker confessed with

“Thank you for

he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was

in hand, she walked into

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