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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

should go back with you,” he offered after taking

eyed 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 it’d also ease

of her injuries, 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

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. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she said as she took

nodded eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

done 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 off at the

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

edge of the door and gave him a look

care that Toby doesn’t try to have his

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

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

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

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

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

my case. Anyway, just keep

nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the

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

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

I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must

astonished Sonia asked, “You know

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

see,” Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he

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

a brow.

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

“Thank

so desperate for her arrival. Then again,

such, with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the hospital

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