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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?”

 

help my grandfather look for

you,” he offered after taking

“You don’t

I can be your 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

was reminded of her injuries, she reached to feel her back. A gentle prod was 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 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 in light of his

were already at 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 said as she

that’s settled. I’ll pick you

“Okay,” she replied.

she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive

her. However, just as she had

it?” She held the edge of the door and gave

to his features as he warned, “Take care that Toby

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

on you 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

next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles.

time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to billions and the project

returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and

keep your

it,” she said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye

room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming

and knocked on 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, “Hello,

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

immediately dawned upon the caretaker.

asked, “You

When I 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

Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told

Miss Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped

a brow. “A

sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,”

“Thank you for

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

thermal flask in

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