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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 look for his

with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful

him with suspicion. “You don’t have to

driver. The muscles on your back have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse.

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;

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 can come along.

that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

could have used those as valid reasons to force her 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

keep your

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

minutes later, she arrived outside Toby’s room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely engaged in

and 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 Sonia a polite smile and asked, “Hello, Miss. How

him dinner,” Sonia informed,

caretaker. “Oh, you must

astonished Sonia asked, “You

Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was

after hearing the explanation. So,

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

a

He sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was

laughed. “Thank you for

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

the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the hospital

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