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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 his

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

him with suspicion. “You

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 my

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

stage, Sonia was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that

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

“Okay,” she replied.

exited the gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his

better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into the driver’s seat, he suddenly

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

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

of yours,

I wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude as leverage and

a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not

wouldn’t 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

to force 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 that it wasn’t

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

before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car

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

the door. It opened 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

Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh,

asked, “You

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

So, he

for a while

raised a brow.

see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking

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

with the thermal flask in hand,

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