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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?”

 

help my grandfather look for

is that it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of

“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 of precaution and it’d also ease my worries,”

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 city again; sitting down for hours on end would make her back shrivel up in pain. Besides, her driver had taken the

were already at this stage, Sonia was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip.

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“Okay,” she replied.

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

than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had

She held the edge of the door and gave him a look of

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

“What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t

serious, baby. You have 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

Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not

time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had

in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that

Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him

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

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

to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia

I brought him dinner,” Sonia

caretaker. “Oh, you must

asked,

I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and

responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about

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

raised a brow. “A

was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching

“Thank you

for her arrival. Then again, it was

flask in hand, she walked into

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