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

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

eyed him with suspicion. “You

can be your driver. The muscles on your back have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering

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

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

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

“Okay,” she replied.

gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off

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

the door and gave

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

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

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

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

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

and she would have been

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

with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car and drove

closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely

middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a polite smile and asked, “Hello, Miss.

see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing

caretaker.

astonished Sonia asked,

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 was to let her in

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

while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to

a brow.

sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the caretaker

“Thank you for taking

so desperate for her arrival.

in hand, she

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