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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?”

“To help my grandfather look for his journal.”

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

Sonia eyed him with suspicion. “You don’t have to tag along.”

“Of 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 and it’d also ease my worries,” Charles explained cheerily.

As though she was reminded of her injuries, she reached to feel her 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 her back shrivel up in pain. Besides, her driver had taken the next day off in light of his daughter’s birthday.

Since things were already at this stage, Sonia was left with no choice but to look for a new driver for her trip. “In that case, you can come along. We leave at 9:00AM tomorrow,” she said as she took a sip of soup.

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

“Okay,” she replied.

done and over with, the 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

he knew better than to try and dissuade her. However, just as she had opened her car door and was about to slide into

held the edge of the

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

that mind of yours,

watch your back. Toby still hasn’t given up on 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 some strange favor. You and I both know you wouldn’t turn him down if that were to happen because you owe

smile at Charles. “He’s not

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

those as valid reasons to force her into returning his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been

sight of her nonchalance, Charles sighed in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up

with a reassuring nod before waving goodbye at him as she ducked into

Toby’s room. The door was closed, but she picked up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely engaged

the door. It opened the next moment to reveal a middle-aged woman wearing a caretaker’s uniform on

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

caretaker. “Oh, you must be

Sonia asked, “You know

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 in without

after hearing the explanation. So, he told the caretaker

Miss Reed. Mr. Fuller has been waiting for you for a while now,” the caretaker ushered as

a brow. “A

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

goodness.” Sonia laughed. “Thank you for

her arrival. Then again, it was drawing close to 8:00PM

flask in hand, she

his eyes closed, seemingly asleep. However, she knew for a fact that he was wide awake because it had only

the thermal flask on the beside table as quietly as possible. Then,

turned to fix his gaze on her as he said,