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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

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

suspicion. “You don’t have

driver. The muscles on your back have yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll

make a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back to the city again; sitting down for hours on end would make her

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

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“Okay,” she replied.

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

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

of the door

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

on in that mind of yours, Charles? I

and now that he’s saved you from death, I wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude as

in the next second 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

he had helped her out with

he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance

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

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

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

moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The woman

dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman

immediately dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh,

astonished Sonia asked, “You know

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

explanation. So, he told the caretaker

for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as she stepped to the side to make

a brow. “A

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

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank

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

flask in hand,

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