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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 for

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

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

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

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

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. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she said as she took

settled. I’ll pick you

“Okay,” she replied.

exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from

better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her

edge of the door and gave him a look

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?

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

regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him

he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up

been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that it wasn’t in

“Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call away if

nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the

muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely engaged in a phone

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

brought him dinner,” Sonia

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked, “You know

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

hearing the explanation. So, he

while now,”

a brow.

was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the caretaker confessed

Sonia laughed. “Thank

been so desperate for her arrival. Then again,

in hand, she walked into

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