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Chapter 454

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.”

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

 

Toby raised a

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

in rejection. “No, you don’t have to take care

is different.” Sonia stood up and looked at him 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

out so he could prompt her to straighten up. His left arm was the closest to her, but unfortunately it was the same arm that he had injured. He could use his right arm, which was the only one

things were, his body could barely move, let alone allow him to flip on his side. More importantly, he had seen the stubborn glint in her eyes and he knew that with her will of steel, she would

have her way, he told himself. As he pinched his brows in frustration, he asked glumly, “You really want

“You’re my responsibility now and if I just leave

for an indefinite period and last I checked, you hate my guts. Are you really serious about this? You can back out of it

on it,” she promised without any hesitation as she shook her head slightly to deny the possibility of her going back on

but he held onto

from you. The pain is worth it if it meant you’ve stopped hating me,” Toby said half-jokingly as he gazed at her. A comfortable

his obsidian orbs.

start afresh as friends?” he

this. Friends? He wants to be friends with his ex-wife? That makes for a rather awkward relationship, doesn’t it? As far as she was concerned, it was impossible for a formerly married couple to remain friends

for me. I won’t ask more of you and I’d like it if you could stay with me as a friend for

can’t possibly give Sonia the happiness she deserves even if I succeed in romantically pursuing her; I’d only become a burden to her in the end. With that in mind, Toby decided that a platonic relationship with Sonia was

more of me?

of sadness that suddenly crept up on her because it faded the next second as she poured a glass

she were to overlook the first half of his statement, the second half bore a cryptic undertone that made it sound

“Okay, let’s just leave the conversation at that. I need to

nodded and readily helped him down

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 proceeded to hang the bottle on

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