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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?”

 

my grandfather look

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

him with suspicion. “You don’t have to

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

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, her driver had taken the next day off in light of his daughter’s

at this stage, Sonia was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In

settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

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

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,

She held the edge of the door and gave him a look of

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

in that mind of yours,

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

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 like

the first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to

favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did

just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call away

reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car and drove

she arrived outside Toby’s room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely engaged

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

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

the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

astonished Sonia asked, “You

caretaker smiled and nodded in earnest. “Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping

explanation. So, he told the

Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the

a brow. “A

ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the caretaker confessed with good

“Thank you for taking the

desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and she was admittedly

with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the

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