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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 look for

with you,” he

“You don’t have to tag

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

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

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

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

“Okay,” she replied.

exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from her place to the First Hospital was forty minutes,

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

She held the edge of the door and gave

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

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

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

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 such a

be the first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to billions and the project

she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her

then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up

it,” she said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she

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

the door. It opened the next moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on

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

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you

astonished Sonia asked, “You

me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was to

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

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

a

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

“Thank you for taking

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

such, with the thermal flask in

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