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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 for

go back with you,” he offered after taking a

with suspicion. “You

be your driver. 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

though 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 hours on end would make her back shrivel up in pain. Besides, her driver had taken the next day off in light of

her trip. “In that case,

so that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

was done and over with, the both of them left Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital.

how 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 and gave him a look of

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

this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just

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

and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s

he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to billions

have been cornered. However, he never did

nonchalance, Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one

nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked

up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side,

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

here to see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked, “You

that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was to let her in without

the explanation. So, he told the caretaker about

you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered

a

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 confessed with good

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking

for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM

flask in hand, she walked into

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