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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 his

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

“You don’t have to tag

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 as a matter of precaution and it’d

to make a sharp ache flare up on her back. She knew that there was no way she could make a

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.

turned down his offer

she had opened her car door

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

he warned, “Take care that Toby

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

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 that were

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

Toby a favor, after all, given that he had

and she would have been

my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him

a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as

on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side,

reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a polite smile and asked, “Hello,

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

the caretaker. “Oh, you must

asked, “You know

to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will

responded after hearing the explanation. So, he

has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as

a brow.

if there was

“Thank

if he had been so desperate for her

thermal flask in hand, she walked into

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