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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 look for his

that it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he

him with suspicion. “You don’t 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

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 make her back shrivel up in pain. Besides, her driver had taken the next day off

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

settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“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 seemed manageable to

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

She held the edge of the door and gave him a look of

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

going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just

death, I wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude

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 him

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

way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and

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

reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him

picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from

the door. It 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,

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

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you

asked, “You

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 to let her in

hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker

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

a brow. “A

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

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank

was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again,

such, with the thermal flask in hand, she walked

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