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

should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful

suspicion. “You don’t have

driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling

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

this stage, Sonia was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her

settled. I’ll

“Okay,” she replied.

with, the both 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

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

it?” She held the edge of the

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

of yours,

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

frowned, but she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s

a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that

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

sighed 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

goodbye at him as she

she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other

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

President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia

immediately dawned upon the caretaker.

Sonia asked,

caretaker smiled and nodded in earnest. “Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping

hearing the explanation. So, he

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

a

if there was any ‘pretty

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

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

thermal flask in

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