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

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

suspicion. “You don’t have

course I do. I can be your driver. The muscles on your back 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

could make a three-hour drive down to the countryside and back to the city again; sitting down for hours on end would make her back shrivel up in pain. Besides, her driver had

choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at

that’s settled. I’ll pick you up

“Okay,” she replied.

area of Bayside Residence, she turned down his offer to drop her off at

as she had opened her

the edge of the

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

of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just let him have his way with

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

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

had helped her out with the bank loan that

been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that it

then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard

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

closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was

a caretaker’s uniform on the other side. The

see President Fuller. I brought him dinner,” Sonia informed, showing the woman

immediately dawned upon the caretaker.

Sonia asked, “You know

nodded 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

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

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

a brow.

ago to see if there was any ‘pretty young lady with a

laughed. “Thank you for taking the

was really ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then again, it was drawing

in

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