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.

kitchenette of the suite and

seeing that he was the only one in the room,

he explained with

she pressed, “What are you going to

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

his point, Sonia nodded. After dusting off her hands,

this, Toby’s

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

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

She cast him a

a bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily met her

relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I need to get some sleep before my

satisfied smile pulled on Toby’s

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

whole time, he spared not one second on pleasantries as he divulged business management tips to her and taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm Co. should take in terms of corporate growth and

course of a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan,

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

business world was cruel; it would mercilessly chew and spit Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way she could understand how dark

to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and

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 make

that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his pointers, like he was leaving her with

such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to his every

his career in the business industry, the very same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like his

and

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

her and called out

she was sleeping

around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on the rack next to

arms was busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for caretakers who stayed over the

eyes fell on the cast

out to move her hair out of her face so

just done all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents

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 she slouched over the bed. At that moment, he finally understood

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