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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 for

Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he

“You don’t have

The muscles on your back have yet to heal and driving on your own would be

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

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

so that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

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

than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car

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

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

that mind of yours, Charles?

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 you wouldn’t turn him down if that were to happen because

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

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, he never did and she

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

goodbye at him as she ducked into the

muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant

wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a polite smile and asked, “Hello, Miss. How

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

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh,

astonished Sonia asked, “You

Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady

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

waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to

raised a brow. “A

out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking

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

with the thermal flask in

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