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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

with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of

“You don’t have

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

could make a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back to the city again; sitting down for hours on end

her

so that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

down

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

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

care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you while you’re looking after

mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let

your 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

Sonia frowned, but she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like

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

he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that it wasn’t in his nature to do

resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call away if you run into

before waving goodbye at him as she

but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby

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

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

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh,

astonished Sonia asked,

that

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

Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered

raised a

right. 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

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking the

ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM and she was admittedly

thermal flask in hand,

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