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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

should go back with you,” he offered after

“You

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

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 the city again; sitting down for hours on end would

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 sip

so that’s settled. I’ll pick you

“Okay,” she replied.

left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at

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

is it?” She held the edge of the

as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have

in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just

him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you

composure 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

wouldn’t be the first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her

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

case. Anyway, just keep your

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

minutes later, she arrived outside Toby’s room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking

on the door. It opened the next moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a polite smile and asked, “Hello, Miss. How

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

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you

Sonia asked, “You

that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was to let her in without any

hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about

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

raised a

the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the

laughed. “Thank

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

with the thermal flask in hand, she walked

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