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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?”

 

grandfather look

is that it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of

suspicion. “You don’t have to tag

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

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

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.

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“Okay,” she replied.

done and over with, the both of them left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer

was, he knew better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and

of the door and gave him a look of

features as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you while you’re

that mind of yours, Charles? I

serious, baby. 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

next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not such a low-life that he’d

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

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

sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard

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

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

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

Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that she was

the caretaker.

Sonia asked, “You

caretaker smiled and nodded in earnest. “Yes. 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

explanation. So, he

for you for a while now,” the

a brow. “A

there was any ‘pretty young

laughed. “Thank

if he had been so desperate for her

such, with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the

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