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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

you,” he

suspicion. “You don’t have to tag

be your driver. The muscles on your back have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll

was reminded of her injuries, she reached to feel her back. A 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

was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along.

“Great, so that’s settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“Okay,” she replied.

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 was forty

seeing 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,

of the door and gave

hard edge to his features as he warned, “Take care that

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

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

in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles.

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

have used those as valid reasons to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered.

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

before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car and drove

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

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,

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

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you

astonished Sonia asked,

to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a

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

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

a brow. “A

He sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching

laughed. “Thank you for taking the

been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and she

the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the

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