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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

is that it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after

suspicion. “You don’t have

have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return

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

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

settled. I’ll pick you

“Okay,” she replied.

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 the First Hospital was forty minutes, which

she had opened her car door and was about to slide into the driver’s seat, he suddenly said,

the edge of the door and gave him a look

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

at this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles?

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

frowned, but she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that.

had helped her out

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 her stance that it wasn’t in his

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

it,” she said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked

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

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

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

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

astonished Sonia asked, “You know

me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner

explanation. So, he told the caretaker

Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to make way

raised a

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

laughed. “Thank you for taking

really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival.

in hand, she walked into the

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