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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

go back with you,” he offered after

“You don’t have to

to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my

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 would make her back shrivel up in pain. Besides, her driver had taken the

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

that’s settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

and over 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 off at

just as she had opened her car door and was

is it?” She held the edge of the door

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

of yours,

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

quick smile at Charles. “He’s not

that he had helped her

way 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

just keep your guard up around him

reassuring nod before waving goodbye

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

woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a

I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that she was

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh,

Sonia asked, “You

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

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

Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to

raised a brow. “A

balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking

if he had been so desperate for her

thermal flask in hand,

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