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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?”

 

my grandfather

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

suspicion. “You don’t

muscles on your back have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse.

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

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,”

nodded eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled. I’ll

“Okay,” she replied.

exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer

and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened

the door and gave him

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

that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let

You have to watch your back. Toby still hasn’t given up 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 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

be the first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had

into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he

then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and

with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked

muffled speaking voices coming from

wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The

dinner,” Sonia

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh,

astonished Sonia asked,

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

hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker

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

raised a brow.

right. He 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,” the caretaker

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and

the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the

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