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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

back with you,” he offered after

him with suspicion. “You

back have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my companionship as a matter

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 the next

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

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

area of Bayside 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

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

She held the edge of the door and gave him

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

of yours, Charles? I

baby. 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

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

had helped her out with the bank loan

used those as valid reasons to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did

then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep

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

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

on the door. It opened the next moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on

President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal

the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

Sonia asked,

earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was to let her

So, he told the caretaker about me

Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while

raised a

was any ‘pretty young lady with a

laughed. “Thank you for taking the

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

the thermal flask in

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