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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 for

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

him with suspicion. “You don’t have to

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

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 in pain. Besides, her driver had taken

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

so that’s settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from her place to the First Hospital was forty minutes,

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

is it?” She held the edge of the

“Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you while

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

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

at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not such a low-life that

after all, given that he had helped her out

could have used 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

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

nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car

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

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 asked,

to see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that she was

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must

asked, “You

caretaker smiled and nodded in earnest. “Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that

after hearing the explanation. So, he told

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

a brow.

balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking

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

with the thermal flask in hand, she walked

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