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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 his

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

suspicion. “You

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 it’d

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

her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she said as she took

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

“Okay,” she replied.

Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her

and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened

She held the edge of the

to his features as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way

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

that he’s saved you from death, I wouldn’t put it past him to use your

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

a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan

she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that it wasn’t in his

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

nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked

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

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, “Hello, Miss.

dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal

the caretaker. “Oh,

Sonia asked, “You

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

see,” Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker

while now,”

raised a brow.

to see if there was any ‘pretty

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

for her arrival. Then

flask in hand, she walked into the hospital

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