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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

it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after taking

with suspicion. “You

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 also ease my worries,” Charles

way she could make a three-hour drive

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

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

“Okay,” she replied.

Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop

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,

the edge of the door and gave him

“Take care that Toby doesn’t try

in that mind of yours, Charles? I

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

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 not such a low-life that he’d resort to

given that he had

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 nature to do

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

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

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

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

brought him dinner,” Sonia

dawned upon the caretaker.

astonished 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

the explanation. So, he told

while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to make way for

a

sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking the

so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to

such, with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into

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