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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?”

 

help my grandfather look for

it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after

“You don’t have to

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

reminded of her injuries, she reached to feel her back. A gentle prod was all it took to 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 the city again; sitting down for hours on

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

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

“Okay,” she replied.

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

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

of the door

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

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

to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you for some strange favor. You and I both know you

she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not such a low-life that he’d resort

wouldn’t be the first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with

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

keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call away

she said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car and

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

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

I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal

the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked,

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

the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about me

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

raised a

see if there was any ‘pretty

“Thank you for taking the

figured Toby was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and she

the thermal flask in

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