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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.”

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,

 

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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

“No, you don’t have to take care

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 you, President Fuller. Think of it as easing my

to her, but unfortunately it was the same arm that he had injured. He

move, let alone allow him to flip on his side. More importantly, he had seen the stubborn glint in her

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

and if I just leave you on your own, that

chuckle. Then, resuming his somber self once more, he said patiently, “Listen to me, Sonia. Taking care of me means having to spend an insane amount of time next to me for an indefinite period and last I checked, you hate my guts. Are you really serious about this? You can back out of it now; I’m

much less renege on it,” she promised without any hesitation as she shook her head slightly to deny the possibility

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

from you. The pain is worth it if it meant you’ve stopped hating me,” Toby said half-jokingly

his obsidian orbs. “What

as friends?” he

it was impossible 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 beats

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 rest of my

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

ask more of me? Is he giving up on

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

half bore a cryptic undertone that made it sound

he took the glass of water from her. “Okay, let’s just leave the conversation at

and readily

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

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