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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?”

 

grandfather look

you,” he offered after taking a spoonful

“You don’t have

course I do. I can be your driver. The 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

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 in pain. Besides, her driver had taken the next day

no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that

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

“Okay,” she replied.

Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The

just as she had opened her

is it?” She held the edge of the door

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

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

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 because you owe

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

Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to billions

been

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 one call away if you run into

goodbye at him as she

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

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 smile and

dinner,” Sonia informed, showing

the caretaker. “Oh, you must

Sonia asked, “You

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

hearing the explanation. So,

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

a brow. “A

right. He sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank

her arrival. Then again, it

thermal flask in hand, she walked into

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