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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

maybe I should go back with you,”

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t have to tag

would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my companionship

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 day off in light of

her trip. “In that case, you

that’s settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

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

to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door

She held the edge 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

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

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

Sonia frowned, but she 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 such a low-life that he’d resort to something

she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had

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 underhanded

case. Anyway, just keep your guard up

waving goodbye at

door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking

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

to see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must

astonished Sonia asked,

in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping

hearing the explanation. So, he told

been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to make way

raised a

minutes ago to see if there was any

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

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

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

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