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.

of this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

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

cast aside the book in his hand and asked,

She cast him a bewildered

for a bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily met her

the time and after a moment of hesitation, she relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I need to get some

smile pulled on Toby’s

she stay for a chat, but in

way to navigate the tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction

wanted to coach her on these things over the course of a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan, he now only had

no longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life

business world was cruel; it would mercilessly chew and spit Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way she could

shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored

years were too slim for there to be room for hope. He was destined to wither away and leave her unprotected, but

She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make

and paid attention, clinging

the business industry, the very same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences

by, and

had forgotten that she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as it

at her and

lips twitched, but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she did not

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 jacket, then draped it over

arms was busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for caretakers who stayed over

cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible sigh escaped

out to move her hair out of her face so that she could breathe

room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand and greeted

Tom could finish speaking, Toby shot him a freezing look that made him clamp his mouth shut. He had no idea what he did wrong at first, but thankfully, he snapped out

turned out, his loud

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

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