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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

with you,” he offered after taking

with suspicion. “You

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

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

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

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

down his offer

knew better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into the driver’s seat, he suddenly said, “Hey,

held the edge of the door and

his features as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try

mind of yours,

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

next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not

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

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

Anyway, just keep your guard

nod before waving goodbye at him as she

closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which

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

brought him dinner,” Sonia

caretaker. “Oh, you must

Sonia asked, “You know

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

Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told the

has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered

a brow. “A

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

“Thank you for

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

in hand, she

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