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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

is that it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after taking a

him with suspicion. “You don’t have to tag

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

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 end would make her back shrivel up in pain. Besides, her driver had taken

with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she said as she took a

“Great, so that’s settled. I’ll

“Okay,” she replied.

Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to

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

of the door and gave

care that Toby doesn’t try to have

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

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

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

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

have been cornered. However,

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

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

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 a

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,

see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that she was

the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

Sonia asked, “You

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

So, he told the caretaker

in, Miss Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped

raised a

sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the

“Thank you for taking

her arrival. Then again,

with the thermal flask in hand,

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