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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.”

thanking you instead. 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, she abruptly changed the subject by asking, “By

 

Toby raised a

me, so it’s only right for me to stay and take care of you until you’re back in good health. You

his head in rejection. “No, you don’t

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.

he had injured. He could use his right arm, which was the only one at his disposal for the time being, but

he had seen the stubborn glint in her eyes

told himself. As he pinched his brows in frustration, he asked glumly,

look at him. “You’re my responsibility now and if I just

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?

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

injured, but he held onto her as tightly as he could and refused to let her go.

hear this 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 silence was about to set in when

obsidian

as friends?” he

a rather awkward relationship, doesn’t it? As far as she was concerned, it was impossible for a formerly married couple to

enough for me. I won’t ask more of you and I’d like it if you could stay

three short years to live. Someone like me 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

ask more of me? Is he giving up on the idea of us being together because

even noticed the twinge of sadness that suddenly crept up on her because it faded the next second as she poured

half bore a cryptic undertone that made it sound like he was saying

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

She nodded and readily helped him

such, she stood patiently outside the door while he used the restroom and when

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