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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

you,” he offered after taking

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t have

driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my

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

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 a sip of

“Great, so that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from her place to the First Hospital was forty minutes, which seemed manageable to

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

She held the edge of the door and gave

he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t

of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have

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

a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know

Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the

he pleased and she would have been cornered.

nonchalance, Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember

a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the

muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was

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

dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the

the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

asked,

in earnest. “Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping

see,” Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told

come in, Miss Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to make

a brow.

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

“Thank

really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again,

flask in hand, she walked into

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