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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?”

 

grandfather

you,” he offered after taking a spoonful

him with suspicion. “You

would be torture; you’ll

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

driver for her trip.

eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from her place to the

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

it?” She held the edge of the door

warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you while

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

baby. You 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.

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 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 billions and the project

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

rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m

a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him

but she picked up on muffled

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

dinner,” Sonia

the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked, “You know

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 by with his dinner and that I was

the explanation. So, he told

Miss Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker

raised a brow. “A

was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’

laughed. “Thank you for taking

had been so desperate for her arrival.

with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into

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