Chapter 454 A Call From Leonard

Toby gazed at her steadily as he answered, “I’m feeling okay.”

Even though he meant to reassure her, Sonia was regardlessly worried. “Are you sure? Do you feel lightheaded? And your arm—”

“I’m fine, really. Stop worrying,” he interrupted as he insisted that he was alright.

She parted her lips, but she wasn’t sure what else to say.

At that moment, he asked, “How about you? Tom told me that you collapsed after you carried me down the mountain. Were you hurt?”

“I’m alright now.” She shook her head.

As she had only sprained her back, she would recover soon enough, but the same couldn’t be said for him. The injuries to his head and back aside, his arm would take at least half a year to be fully recovered. All in all, he was in far worse shape than her.

“That’s a relief,” he noted after he was sure that she was telling the truth. With a nod, he went on to say, “Thank you for carrying me out of the cave and down the mountain. If you hadn’t, then I might have turned delirious from the fever.”

Sonia met his gaze solemnly and pointed out, “I should be the one thanking you instead. If you hadn’t stepped in, Carl and I might not even be alive right now. I owe you one for this, not the other way round.” Then, she abruptly changed the subject by asking, “By the way, what are you craving for?”

 

“Craving?” Toby raised a brow.

“That’s right. You only landed in this sorry state because of me, so it’s only right for me to stay and take care of you until you’re back in good health. You can let me know everything that you’re craving for and I’ll whip them up in the kitchen for you as a token of my gratitude,” she declared.

shook his head in rejection. “No, you don’t have

gravely. “I can’t just sit by and do nothing after you risked your life to save mine, or I’ll end up feeling guilty. Let me stay and take care of you, President Fuller. Think of it as easing my conscience.” After having said this, she bowed at him out of

that he had injured. He could use his right arm, which was the only one at his disposal for the time being, but it required him to flip to his side just to

him to flip on his side. More importantly, he had seen the stubborn glint in

whatever, I’ll let her have her way, he told himself. As he pinched his brows in frustration, he asked glumly, “You really

at him. “You’re my responsibility now and if I just leave you on your own, that would make me a heartless

means having to spend an insane amount of time next to me for an indefinite period and last

head slightly to deny the possibility of her going back on her word. “Besides, I don’t hate your guts, at least

the cliff after her. His arm had already been badly injured, but he held onto her as tightly as he could and refused to let her

stopped hating me,” Toby said half-jokingly as he gazed at her. A comfortable silence was about

met his obsidian orbs.

afresh as

for a formerly married couple to remain friends after their divorce. However, looking at Toby and his wounds now, she could not bring himself to turn him down. A couple of

flashed an appreciative smile. “That’s good enough for me. I won’t ask more of you and I’d like it if you could stay with me as a friend for the

means I’ll only have three short years to live. Someone like me can’t possibly give Sonia the happiness she deserves even if I succeed in romantically

he wouldn’t ask more

noticed the twinge of sadness that suddenly crept up on her because it faded the next second as

half of his statement, the second half bore a cryptic undertone that made it sound like

glistened in her eyes as he took the glass of water from her. “Okay, let’s just leave the

She nodded and readily helped

he could walk to the bathroom without any hassle, although Sonia had to help him hold up the bottle of IV fluid. As such, she stood patiently outside the door while he used the restroom and when he was done, she walked with him back to the bed whereupon she

dusted her hands off when her phone rang. “I have to take this,” she told Toby as she pulled out the ringing device and glanced at the phone screen, only to be pleasantly surprised

he saw her visibly brighten up over the phone call. He wondered who could be calling her and why she looked so happy

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