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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?”

 

my grandfather look

it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of

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

your own would be

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

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

settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop

as she

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

warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with

yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just

I wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you for some strange

the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him

first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her

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

keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m

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

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

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

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

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must

asked,

nodded 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

hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about

while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to

a

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

laughed. “Thank you for taking the

had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close

flask in hand,

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