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

the room, she glanced around and asked, “Where’s the

shift,” he explained with a

walked over to his bed, she pressed, “What are you going to do at night if

and I’m perfectly capable of being on my own for the night,” he said matter-of-factly as he looked up

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

this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

9:00PM,” she pointed out as she took

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

cast him a bewildered

for a bit. A friendly

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

satisfied smile

to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a crash

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 the various industries that the company

hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan, he now only had three good years, during which his body would

Toby no longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her everything he knew before his body started

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

have shielded her from all of it

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

coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his

and paid attention, clinging to

very same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by, much less be narrated in person, and

and soon,

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

glanced down at her and called out

she was sleeping soundly, for she did not wake up at

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

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

cast

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

to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with

freezing look that made him clamp his mouth shut. He had no idea what he did wrong at first, but thankfully,

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