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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

back with you,” he offered after taking a

him with suspicion. “You don’t have to

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 worries,” Charles explained

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 next day off

already at this stage, Sonia was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave

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

“Okay,” she replied.

having 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, which

try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car

She held the edge of the

hard edge to his features as he warned, “Take care that

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

use your gratitude as leverage and ask you for some strange favor. You and I both

second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and

Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to billions and

in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never

sight of her nonchalance, Charles sighed in 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

before waving goodbye at him

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

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 and asked, “Hello, Miss.

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

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked, “You know

nodded in earnest. “Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his

Sonia responded after hearing the explanation. So, he

for you for a while

raised a brow. “A

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,”

laughed. “Thank you

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

such, with the thermal flask in hand,

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