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

Then, maybe I should go back with you,”

“You don’t have to tag

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

was no way she could make a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back to the city again; sitting down for hours

for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you

nodded eagerly. “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 drop her off at

as she had opened her car door and was about to slide

the door and gave him a look

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

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

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

given that he had helped her out with the bank loan

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

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

before waving goodbye at him as she ducked

on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely engaged in a

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,

see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed,

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must

astonished Sonia asked, “You

“Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a

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

Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,”

a brow. “A

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

“Thank you

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

flask in hand, she walked into

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