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?”

 

my grandfather look

should go back with you,” he offered after

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

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 my companionship

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 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

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

“Great, so that’s settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“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 her

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

She held the edge of the door and gave him

that Toby doesn’t try

at this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have his way with

up on you and now that he’s saved you from death, I wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude as

Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not such a low-life that he’d resort to

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

in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm

just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call away if you run

goodbye at

closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from

wearing a caretaker’s uniform

Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia

caretaker. “Oh,

asked, “You

me that a young lady will

So, he told the caretaker about me

Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped

a brow.

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

laughed. “Thank you for

for her arrival. Then again, it was

flask in hand, she walked into the

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