Chapter 828 A Heartwarming Dinner
Toby hummed in response as he buttoned up his jacket and said, “Let’s go.”
Sonia took a step forward, but perhaps she was hungry and still groggy from her nap because she wobbled on her feet. She had only just tried to walk when her legs caved under her weight, and she toppled forward like a house of cards.
At the sight of this, Toby’s expression froze. He didn’t bother with the last two buttons on his suit jacket as he reached out to grab Sonia’s arm, then pulled her forcefully upward and into his embrace.
The next second, Sonia found herself pressed against his sturdy chest, and she appeared to be in a daze. The fact that she had nearly fallen clearly scared her.
Toby held onto her gently. He had one arm around her waist and a hand patting her back softly as he asked anxiously, “Are you okay?”
She nodded feebly. “I’m fine.”
“What happened just now?” he asked as he gripped her shoulders and put some distance between them so he could look at her.
She let out a slow breath. Having regained composure, she replied calmly, “I was hungry, and I guess all my strength drained out of me because one moment I was standing and the next I was swaying. You saw what happened after that.”
Upon hearing her explanation, Toby nodded, then glanced down at her feet. “Did you sprain your ankle?”
She was wearing heels, and she could have sprained her ankle from a stumble like the one earlier. While he didn’t hear the sound of popping bones that usually accompanied a sprain, he wasn’t taking any chances.
“No,” Sonia answered with a smile. She shook her head good-naturedly when she saw how anxious he looked and added, “My ankles are perfectly fine. I promise.” As she said this, she made it a point to turn her ankle this way and that. When she was done with the right ankle, she proceeded to do the same with the left, and at last, she stood still.
Toby was no longer as worried when he saw that she was unhurt. Nodding slightly, he said, “Alright then. Come on, let’s get back to the apartment. You’re hungry, aren’t you?”
“I am,” she replied.
just like that, Toby put his arm around her
the other hand, was kind of hoping that he would let her go so that they didn’t have to hobble, as two so often did when they were glued at the hips. However, seeing as he was so convinced she would fall if
to hobble around for long before they reached the
it over herself
said, “You don’t
serious he looked, she did not insist on making dinner and handed him the apron instead as she conceded, “Very well, then. You get to have the
apron, then gave her a
into the living room. She sat down on the couch and
dinner, and Sonia was waiting for
picked up her phone. After glancing at
a woman’s voice said pleasantly on the
for you to be calling. Is
evening dress you ordered has already been shipped over from Milan. May I know when
woman’s explanation. Now that she remembered, she gave an embarrassed laugh. “I nearly forgot about that dress. I can come by the atelier tomorrow
then, long enough for her to push this matter to the back of her mind, where it would have inevitably dwelled
laugh, “Well,
in
ended, she put
from behind her. She turned around to see Toby bringing a tray out from the kitchen, and
was in the bowls until Toby bent over to put the tray on the coffee table in front of her. She peered at the familiar coloring of the soup-like substance in
beetroot that had given the soup its distinct auburn-ish coloring. On top of the soup was a dollop of sour cream garnished with dill. The savory scent
stretched across her face as she stared at the two bowls of
and I didn’t think I had time to make anything fancy. Borscht happened to be the quickest dish I could think of when I saw beetroot in the fridge. It’s a simple fare,
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