Chapter 458 Toby’s Plan

After having fed Toby a mouthful of chowder, Sonia placed the spoon aside and asked expectantly, “What do you think?”

“It’s delicious,” he said after he swallowed the chowder to give her a reassuring nod.

She broke into a smile. “Good. I’m glad.” Glad that all the stock-brewing, the dicing, the simmering and the stirring are all worth this moment of praise, she thought. Then, she brought another spoonful of chowder to his lips and prompted, “Here, have some more.”

And just like that, the both of them fell into a rhythm and before they knew it, the bowl was practically polished clean.

Sonia rose from her seat and asked, “Would you like another bowl?”

Toby shook his head. “No, thanks. I’m full.”

“Already?” She glanced at the empty bowl in her hand and frowned slightly. “You barely ate, though!” More importantly, the bowl she used was a small one and there couldn’t have been much chowder in it to fill him up so quickly, not while he was a man with a six-foot-three build.

“I’m actually full,” he insisted calmly as he took the mouthwash the caretaker had given him. “They gave me another bottle of IV after you left in the afternoon. Apparently, the fluid contains some substance that makes one feel a little bloated.”

“Oh, okay.” Sonia nodded at this new information. “Well then, I won’t try to force-feed you. I’ll keep the rest of the chowder in the fridge, so maybe you can get the caretaker to heat it up for you for breakfast tomorrow.”

“Alright,” Toby replied.

She brought the flask into the kitchenette of the suite and returned to the room after she had kept everything in place.

Upon seeing that he was the only one in the room, she glanced around and asked, “Where’s the caretaker?”

“I let her off her shift,” he explained with a book in his good hand.

As she walked over to his bed, she pressed, “What are you going to do at night if you let her off early like this?”

“My legs are completely fine and I’m perfectly capable of being on my own for the night,” he said matter-of-factly as he looked up at her.

Now that she saw his point, Sonia nodded. After dusting off her hands, she began to make her way to where she had left her purse.

the sight of this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

mean, it’s already 9:00PM,” she pointed out as she took

asked, “Would you mind staying here

She cast him a

could talk for a bit. A friendly chat.”

in agreement, she said, “Very well,

satisfied smile pulled on

stay for a chat,

and taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm Co. should take in terms of corporate growth and the various

course of a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan, he now only had three

this point, Toby no longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her everything he knew before his body started

was marked with scheme.

would never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact even

staying alive after three years were too slim for there to be room for hope. He was destined to wither away and leave her unprotected, but he would do whatever he could to make her stronger.

by Toby’s sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he

brushed off such thoughts and paid

him to thrive and survive. Experiences like

and soon, it was

forgotten that she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as it is, she was already fast asleep with her head resting

down at her and called out softly,

could tell she was sleeping

looked so peaceful when she slept that he couldn’t bring himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He lifted the covers off and reached to grab the

the fact that one of his arms was busted, he would have carried her into the

cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible

off her shoulders, Toby reached out to move her

only just done all this when the door to the hospital room opened.

but thankfully, he snapped out of his confusion

his loud greeting had

President Fuller,” Tom whispered apologetically as he tread lightly over to the bed. “I didn’t know Miss

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