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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 look for his

you,” he offered after taking a spoonful

with suspicion. “You don’t have to tag

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,”

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

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 at 9:00AM tomorrow,”

eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

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 the hospital. The drive from her place to the First Hospital was forty

how stubborn she was, 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 door and

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

this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have

wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you for

Charles. “He’s not like that. I

owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with

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 to do something

the 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

reassuring nod before waving goodbye

up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely engaged in

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. How

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

immediately dawned upon the caretaker.

Sonia asked, “You know

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

the explanation. So, he told

while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the

a

the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the ward,” the caretaker confessed with good

laughed. “Thank you for

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

the thermal flask in hand, she

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