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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

back with you,” he offered after

eyed him with suspicion. “You

your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my companionship as a matter

back. She knew that there was no way she could make a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back

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

eagerly. “Great, so that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

both of them left Sonia’s apartment. After having 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, which seemed manageable to

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

the edge of the door

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

this. “What’s going on in that mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have

I wouldn’t put it past him to use your gratitude as leverage and ask you for some strange favor. You

this, Sonia frowned, but she regained her composure 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 something

after all, given that he had helped her

been cornered. However, he never did

Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that I’m just one call away if

waving goodbye at him as she ducked into the car and drove

she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming

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

brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the

immediately dawned upon the caretaker.

Sonia asked, “You

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

So, he told the caretaker about

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

raised a brow.

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

laughed. “Thank you for

had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM

with the thermal flask in hand,

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