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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

should go back with you,” he offered after taking a

“You don’t have to tag

have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll

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,

Sonia was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In

nodded eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

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

just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into

is it?” She held the edge of the door and

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

this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t

from death, I wouldn’t put it past him to use your

quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not

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

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

my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that

waving goodbye at him as she

outside Toby’s room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely

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 woman gave Sonia a polite smile

I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that she

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

astonished Sonia asked,

that a young lady will be dropping by

responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about me in

for you for a while now,” the

a

me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a

Sonia laughed. “Thank you

for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and

flask in hand, she walked into

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