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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

with you,” he offered after

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t

driver. The muscles on your back have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling

injuries, she reached to feel her back. A gentle prod was all it took 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 on end would make her back shrivel up

new driver for her trip. “In that case,

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

“Okay,” she replied.

them left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his

seeing how stubborn she was, he knew better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her

held the edge of the door

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

sputtered at this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let

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 because you owe him

smile at Charles.

be the first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her

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 nature

in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call away

nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked

room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from

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

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

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

Sonia asked, “You

he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his

explanation. So, he told the caretaker about me in

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

a

ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with

laughed. “Thank

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

flask in hand, she walked into

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