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 look for his

maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t have to tag

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 companionship as a matter of precaution and it’d

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

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

that’s settled. I’ll pick you

“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 off at the hospital. The drive from her place to the First Hospital

than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into the driver’s seat, he suddenly

it?” She held the edge of the door and

edge to his features as he warned, “Take care that Toby

of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just

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. You and I both know you wouldn’t turn him down if that were to happen

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

had helped

favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm

my case. Anyway, just keep

reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as

up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant

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

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

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must

astonished Sonia asked,

me that a young lady

see,” Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker

Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,”

a

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

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking

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

thermal flask in hand,

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