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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

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

suspicion. “You don’t have

yet to heal and driving on your own would be torture; you’ll only return feeling worse. I’m offering my companionship as a matter of precaution

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

for her trip. “In that case, you can

settled.

“Okay,” she replied.

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

she had opened her car

is it?” She held the edge of the door and

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

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

use your gratitude as leverage and

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

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

her nonchalance, 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

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

closed, but she picked up on muffled

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, “Hello, Miss. How may I

brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh, you must be Miss

asked, “You know

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 in without

explanation. So, he told the caretaker

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

raised a brow.

sent me out to the balcony ten minutes ago to see if there was any ‘pretty

“Thank you for

really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her

flask in

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