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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

I should go back with you,” he offered after taking

“You don’t have

own would be torture; you’ll

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

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 took a sip of

so that’s settled. I’ll pick you

“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

However, just as she had opened her car door and was about

held the edge of the door

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

“What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t

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 to happen because you owe

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

had helped her out with the bank

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 nature to do something as

sight of her nonchalance, Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up

nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car

minutes later, she arrived outside Toby’s room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices

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

here to see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that

caretaker. “Oh, you

astonished Sonia asked,

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 her

explanation. So, he told the caretaker about me

while now,” the caretaker ushered as

raised a brow.

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

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

figured Toby was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to

flask in hand, she walked into the

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