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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?”

 

grandfather

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

eyed him with suspicion. “You

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,” Charles explained

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

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

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

“Okay,” she replied.

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

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

of the door and gave him

as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you while you’re looking after

going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I

him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you

and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not

be the first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up

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

then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call away if you run into

waving goodbye at

up on muffled speaking

woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side.

dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that she

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you

asked, “You know

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

after hearing the explanation. So, he

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

raised a brow.

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

“Thank you

figured Toby was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and

with the thermal flask in hand, she

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