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.

the suite and returned to the room after she had kept everything in

he was the only one in the room, she glanced

explained

you going to do

being on my own for the night,” he said matter-of-factly as he looked

that she saw his point, Sonia nodded. After dusting off her hands, she

of this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

pointed out as she took her purse

cast aside the book in his hand and asked, “Would you mind

She cast him a bewildered

A friendly chat.” He

agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave

A satisfied smile pulled on Toby’s

bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it

he divulged business management tips to her and taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial world. He even

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

her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her everything he knew before

as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was

discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all

him staying alive after three years were too slim for there to be room for hope. He was destined to wither away and leave her

admittedly taken aback by Toby’s sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his pointers, like he was leaving her with

brushed off such thoughts and

thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by, much less be narrated in person, and she didn’t want to miss out on

and soon, it was

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

at her and

he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she

bring himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on

weren’t for the 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 let Sonia rest in

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

the jacket wouldn’t fall off her shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair out of her face so that she

when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand

freezing look that made him clamp 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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