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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

maybe I should go back with you,” he

eyed 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 as a matter of precaution and it’d also ease my worries,”

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

for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she

that’s settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from her place to the First Hospital was forty

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

is it?” She held the edge of the door

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

of yours, Charles?

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

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

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

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 her stance that it wasn’t

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

waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car and drove

up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely engaged

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, Miss. How

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

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

asked, “You know

and nodded in earnest. “Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that

after hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about me

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

a

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

laughed. “Thank you

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

the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the

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