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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 his

with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t have

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

she was reminded of her injuries, she reached to feel 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 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

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down

better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide

it?” She held the edge of the door and gave him a

hard edge to his features as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try

sputtered at this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I

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 wouldn’t turn him down if that were

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

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

her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did

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

nod before waving goodbye at him

picked up on muffled speaking

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 and asked, “Hello,

dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that she was

caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked, “You

in earnest. “Yes. 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

So, he told

a while now,”

a brow.

me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

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

flask in hand, she walked into

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