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

should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of the

him with suspicion. “You don’t have to

on your own would be

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 end would make

her trip. “In that

settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“Okay,” she replied.

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 to drop her

her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about

the edge of the

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

of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him

him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask

second and flashed a quick smile at Charles.

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

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

Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard

before waving goodbye at him as

minutes later, she arrived outside Toby’s room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking

woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave

brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the

upon the caretaker. “Oh,

astonished Sonia asked,

he told me that a young lady will be

So,

Miss Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the

raised a

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

“Thank you

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

flask in hand, she walked into

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