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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

that it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered

“You don’t have to

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

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

no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she said

nodded eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled. I’ll

“Okay,” she replied.

Sonia’s apartment. After having exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at

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

the edge of the door and gave

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

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

have to watch 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 ask you for some strange favor.

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 low-life

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

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

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

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

picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the

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

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

immediately dawned upon the caretaker.

astonished Sonia asked, “You

When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was to let her in without

after hearing the explanation. So, he

for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to make way

a brow. “A

was any ‘pretty young lady with

“Thank

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

in hand, she

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