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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 look for

should go back with you,”

with suspicion. “You don’t have

your own would be torture;

she was reminded of her injuries, she reached to feel her back. A gentle prod was all it 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

a new driver for her trip. “In

“Great, so that’s settled. I’ll

“Okay,” she replied.

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

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

She held the edge of the door and gave him

as he warned, “Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you while you’re looking

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

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

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

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

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

my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one

it,” she said with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she

picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the

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

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

upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

astonished Sonia asked, “You

When I came in to attend to Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady will be dropping by

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

been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker

a

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

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

for her arrival. Then again,

in hand,

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