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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?”

 

my grandfather look

maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of the

with suspicion. “You don’t have

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

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

things 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 as she took a sip of

so that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive

how 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

the door and gave him

he warned, “Take care that

that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have

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

next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not

given that he had helped her out with the bank loan

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

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

it,” she said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into

she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side,

knocked on the door. It opened the next moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform

I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that

immediately dawned upon the caretaker.

asked, “You

Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will

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

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

raised a brow. “A

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

“Thank

was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing

the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the hospital

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