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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

it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of

suspicion. “You don’t

have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my

make a three-hour drive down to the

driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she said as she

that’s settled. I’ll pick

“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 the

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

She held the edge of the door and gave him a look of

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

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

saved you from death, I wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you for some

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 low-life that he’d resort to something like

given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to billions and the project

in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered.

the sight of her nonchalance, Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that

waving goodbye at him as

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

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

dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask

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

Sonia asked,

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 to let her in

hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about me in

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

raised a

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

“Thank you for taking

really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her

flask in hand, she walked into

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