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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

should go back with you,” he offered after

suspicion. “You don’t

heal and driving on your own would be torture;

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 the city again; sitting down for hours on end would make

but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can

so that’s settled. I’ll

“Okay,” she replied.

down his offer to drop her off at the hospital. The drive from her place to the

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

She held the edge of the door and gave him

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

going on in that mind of yours, Charles?

saved you from death, I wouldn’t put it past him to use your

smile at Charles. “He’s not like that. I know him and he’s not

be the first time she owed Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped

her into returning his 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 wasn’t in

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

with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car and drove

picked up on muffled speaking voices coming

raised a hand 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 gave Sonia a polite smile and asked,

Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that

the caretaker. “Oh,

asked, “You know

Mr. Fuller earlier, he told me that a young lady

the explanation. So, he told the

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

raised a brow. “A

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

Sonia laughed. “Thank

figured Toby was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her

the thermal flask in hand, she walked

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