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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

that it? Then, maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful

eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t

your driver. The muscles on 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 worries,”

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

but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at 9:00AM

so that’s settled. I’ll

“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

her. However, just as she

is it?” She held the edge of the

warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with

going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have his way

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

flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not such a low-life that

first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to

would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that it wasn’t in

then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember

said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car

up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side,

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,

him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you

Sonia asked, “You

that a young lady will be dropping

responded after hearing the explanation. So, he told the

come in, Miss Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to

raised a brow.

balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty

laughed. “Thank you for

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

the thermal flask in hand, she walked into the hospital

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