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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?”

 

help my grandfather look for

with you,” he offered after

eyed him with suspicion. “You

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

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

with 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 as she took

so that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

gated area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at the hospital.

he knew 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,

of the door and gave him

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

going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I

you 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 him down if that were to happen because

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

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

as valid reasons 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 in his nature

sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep

said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as

closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other

a 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

Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

Sonia asked, “You

attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I

the explanation. So, he told the

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

a brow. “A

ten minutes ago to see if there was

Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking

desperate for her arrival.

with the thermal flask in

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