This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

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 look for his

maybe I should go back with you,” he offered

him with suspicion. “You

be torture; you’ll only

no way she could make a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back

were already at this stage, 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

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 First Hospital was forty minutes, which

dissuade her. However, just as she had opened

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

that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with

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

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

her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles.

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

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

of her nonchalance, Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around

waving goodbye at him

minutes later, she arrived outside Toby’s room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming

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 asked, “Hello, Miss. How

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

caretaker. “Oh, you must

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

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

Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side

raised a brow. “A

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

laughed. “Thank you for taking the

Toby was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and she was admittedly

with the thermal flask in hand, she walked

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255