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

Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he

him with suspicion. “You

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 explained

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

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

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

“Okay,” she replied.

them left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from her place to the First Hospital

her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into the driver’s seat, he suddenly said,

is it?” She held the edge of the door and

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

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

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

quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him

that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to

reasons to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been

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

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

was closed, but she picked up on muffled

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. How

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

dawned upon the caretaker.

astonished Sonia asked, “You know

came 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

responded after hearing the explanation. So, he

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

raised a

if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking the

had been so desperate for her arrival. Then

with the thermal flask in hand, she walked

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