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

go back with you,” he offered after taking a

“You don’t have to tag

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 as a matter of precaution and it’d also

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

for a new driver for her trip. “In that case,

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

“Okay,” she replied.

of them left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off

he knew better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into the driver’s seat, he suddenly said, “Hey,

of the door and gave him

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

of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let

him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you for some strange favor. You and I both know you wouldn’t turn

hearing this, Sonia frowned, but she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not

a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with

could have used those as valid reasons to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However,

resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep

she said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye

muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant

a hand and 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 and asked, “Hello,

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

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you

asked, “You

“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 was to let her

hearing the explanation. So,

Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,”

a brow.

He 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

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

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

such, with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the

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