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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

back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful

with suspicion. “You don’t have to

on your own would be torture; you’ll only

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

to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along.

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

“Okay,” she replied.

apartment. 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 to the

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

the edge of the door and gave him

a hard edge to his features as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you while

this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him

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 him

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

all, given that he had

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 to do something as underhanded as

sight of her nonchalance, Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one

she said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at

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

a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a polite smile

I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing

dawned upon the caretaker.

Sonia asked,

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

So, he told the caretaker about

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

a brow. “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 ward,” the caretaker confessed with good

laughed. “Thank

been so desperate for her arrival.

such, with the thermal flask in hand, she walked

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