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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

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

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t

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

She knew that there was no way she could make a

at this stage, Sonia was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In

eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

both of them left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop

she had opened her car door

the door and

that Toby doesn’t try to have

at this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours,

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

this, Sonia frowned, but she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I

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

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 underhanded

sight of her nonchalance, Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one

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

door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side,

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

dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must

Sonia asked, “You know

earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was to let her

responded after hearing the explanation. So,

you for a while

raised a brow. “A

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

Sonia laughed. “Thank

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

flask in hand, she

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