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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 for

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

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t

course I do. I can be your driver. The muscles on 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

a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back to the city again; sitting down

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.

so that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the

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

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

hard edge to his features as he warned, “Take care that

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

serious, baby. You have to watch your back. Toby still hasn’t given up 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

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

given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked

would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that it wasn’t in his nature to do

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 call away if you run into

nod before waving goodbye at

muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely

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

Sonia

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

asked,

in earnest. “Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that

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

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

raised 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

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking

ravenous if he had been so desperate for her

flask in hand, she walked

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