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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

you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of

him with suspicion. “You don’t have to

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

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

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

so that’s settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“Okay,” she replied.

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

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 into the driver’s seat, he suddenly said,

edge of the door and gave him a

that

of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t

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

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

he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to

been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that it wasn’t

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 I’m just

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

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

a hand and knocked on the door. It 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

to see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh,

Sonia asked, “You

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

Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told

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

raised a brow.

to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty

“Thank you

so desperate for her arrival.

such, with the thermal flask in

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