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 for

that it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,”

with suspicion. “You don’t have to

heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my companionship as a matter of

way she could make a three-hour drive down to

things 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 a

eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

was 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 hospital. The drive from her place to

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

She held the edge of the door and gave him a

“Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way

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

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

but she regained 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

that he had helped her out

could have used those as valid reasons to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in

in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him

reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him

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

a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a polite smile and asked, “Hello, Miss. How may

to see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that

caretaker. “Oh, you must

astonished Sonia asked,

me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was to

hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about

for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to make

a brow.

was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the caretaker confessed with

laughed. “Thank you for taking the

really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and she was

with the thermal flask in hand, she walked

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