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Chapter 458

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.

and returned to the room after she had

was the only one in the room, she glanced around and asked, “Where’s the

her shift,” he explained with a

bed, she pressed, “What are you going to do at

of being on my own for the night,” he said

off her hands, she began to

sight of this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

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

cast aside the book in his hand and asked,

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

A satisfied smile pulled

stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a crash course on

navigate the tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm Co. should take in terms of corporate growth and the various industries that the company

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 three good years, during which his body would slowly wear out just

longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had

chew and spit Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still

never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from

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

feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his pointers,

such thoughts and paid attention,

very same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come

ticked by, and soon, it was

had forgotten that she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as it is, she was already fast asleep with her head resting

at her and

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

so peaceful 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

one of his arms was busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room meant

fell on the cast on his arm and a rueful,

her shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair

had only just done all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom

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 Sonia’s sleeping frame as

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