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.

flask into the kitchenette of the suite and returned to the room after she had kept

one in the room,

her off her shift,” he explained with a book in his

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

completely fine and I’m perfectly capable of being on my own for the

saw his point, Sonia nodded. After dusting off her hands, she began to make her way to where she had left her

the sight of this, Toby’s gaze

it’s already 9:00PM,” she pointed out as she took her purse

his hand and asked, “Would you mind staying here for

She cast him a

a bit. A friendly

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

satisfied smile pulled on Toby’s

purse down and took her seat once more next to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a crash course on business management

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

had 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 to

life in the industry. He had

crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way she could understand how dark

have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact even if the

was destined to wither away and leave her unprotected, but he would do whatever he could to make her stronger. Going forward, she would be on her own as she tried

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

off such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to

and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by, much less be narrated in

and

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

down at her and

lips twitched, but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for

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

fact that one of his arms was busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for caretakers who stayed over the night and

thought of this, his eyes fell on the cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible

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

only just done all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand and greeted instantly,

what he did wrong at first, but thankfully, he snapped out of his confusion in time to notice Sonia’s sleeping frame as she slouched over the bed. At that moment, he finally understood the

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