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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

with you,” he offered after taking

with suspicion. “You don’t have to

would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my companionship as a matter of precaution and it’d also

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

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

nodded eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

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,

dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into the

the door and gave him a look of

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

sputtered at this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I

still hasn’t given up on you and now that he’s saved you from death, I wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude as leverage

frowned, but she regained her composure in the next second and flashed a quick smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know

all, given that he had helped

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

rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around

before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car

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

a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman gave Sonia a polite smile and asked,

here to see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the

caretaker. “Oh, you must

astonished Sonia asked, “You

earnest. “Yes. When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a

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

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

a brow.

there was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’ approaching the

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank you for taking the

ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to

such, with the thermal flask in hand, she

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