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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 his

with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of

with suspicion. “You don’t

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.

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,

left 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,”

nodded eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

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

stubborn she was, he 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,

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

“Take care that Toby doesn’t try

sputtered at this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I

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 you wouldn’t turn him down if that were to happen because you owe

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 that he’d resort to something

that he had

as valid reasons to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he

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

goodbye at him as

but she picked up on muffled

moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform

Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask

immediately dawned upon the caretaker.

asked, “You know

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

responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told

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

raised a

see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank you

been so desperate for her arrival. Then

with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into

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