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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

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

with suspicion. “You don’t

yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse.

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

a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave

nodded eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

of 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 was forty minutes, which

However, just as she had opened her car door and

held the edge of the door and gave

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

this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I

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

Sonia frowned, but she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know

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

used those as valid reasons to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that it wasn’t in his

in resignation. “Fine, 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

goodbye at him as she ducked into

closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side,

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

brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that

the caretaker. “Oh,

asked, “You know

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

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

you for a while

a brow.

there was any ‘pretty young

laughed. “Thank

so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing

in

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