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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

maybe I should go back with you,” he offered after taking a spoonful of one of

him with suspicion. “You

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

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

things were 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.

settled. I’ll pick

“Okay,” she replied.

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

stubborn she was, he knew better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she

the edge of the door and gave him a look of

that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with

mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have

you from death, I wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude as leverage and

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

after all, given that he had helped her out with the

used those 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

“Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around

a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as

she 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

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 woman

President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia

the caretaker.

asked, “You know

and 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 dinner and that I was to let her in without

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

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

a brow. “A

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

laughed. “Thank you

so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it

such, with the thermal flask in hand, she walked into

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