This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

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.

settled. I’ll pick you up tomorrow

“Okay,” she replied.

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

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

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

“Take care that Toby doesn’t try to have his way with you

mind of yours, Charles? I wouldn’t just

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.

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

Toby a favor, after all, given that he had helped her out with the bank loan that racked up to

his favor in whatever way he pleased and she would have been cornered. However, he never did and she was firm in her stance that it

in resignation. “Fine, then. I rest my case. Anyway, just keep your guard up around him and remember that

a reassuring nod before waving goodbye

up on muffled speaking voices coming from the other side, which meant Toby was likely

hand and knocked on 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

Sonia informed, showing the woman the thermal flask that she

dawned upon the caretaker. “Oh,

asked, “You

me that a young lady will be dropping by with his dinner and that I was to let

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

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

raised a brow. “A

was any ‘pretty young lady with a thermal flask’

“Thank you for taking

ravenous if he had been so desperate for her arrival. Then

such, with the thermal flask in

leaning against the headboard with his eyes closed, seemingly asleep. However, she knew for a fact that he was wide awake because it had only been moments ago that she heard him speaking on the

to his bed before she placed the thermal flask on the beside table as quietly as

appeared to have awakened him whereby he turned to fix his gaze on her as he said,