Boss, Your Wife's Asking For A Divorce, Again

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.

this, Toby’s gaze

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

his hand and asked, “Would you mind

him a

bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily met her gaze.

at the time and after a moment of hesitation, she relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave at

smile pulled

He had asked that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a crash course on business management than a

to her and taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm Co. should take

friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan, he now only had three good years, during which his body would slowly

and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her everything he knew before his body started to give

one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way she could understand

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 if the industry

room for hope. He was destined to wither away and leave her unprotected, but he would do whatever he could to

taken aback by Toby’s sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently

and paid attention, clinging to

the business industry, the very same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by, much less be narrated in person, and she didn’t want to miss out

and soon, it was

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

at her and called out softly,

she was sleeping soundly, for she did not wake up

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 jacket, then draped it over

his arms was busted, he would have carried her into the

the cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible sigh

shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair out of her face so that she could breathe

this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in

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 of his confusion in time to notice

his loud greeting had almost woken

whispered apologetically as he tread lightly over to the bed. “I didn’t know Miss Reed