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

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

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t have

would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my companionship as a

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 make her back shrivel up in pain. Besides, her driver had taken the next day off in light of his

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

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

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

try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door

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

to his features as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you while you’re looking

mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have his way with

past him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you for some strange favor. You and I both know

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 such a

had helped her out with the bank loan

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 as

case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around

goodbye at

up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely engaged in a phone

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

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

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

astonished Sonia asked, “You

earlier, he told me that a

the explanation. So, he told the

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

a brow.

was any ‘pretty young lady with a

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking

was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was

in hand, she

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