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 kitchenette of the suite and returned to the room

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

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

walked over to his bed, she pressed, “What are you going

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

After dusting off her hands, she began to make her way to where she had

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

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

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

him a

A friendly chat.” He steadily met her gaze.

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

satisfied smile pulled on

she stay for a chat,

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

a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan, he now only had three good

life in the industry. He had to teach her everything he knew before his body started

marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way she could understand how dark and twisted the industry could

living, she would never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it

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 unprotected,

She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying

she brushed off such thoughts and paid

that helped him to 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 any

ticked by, and soon, it was

forgotten that she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as it is,

down at her

he could tell she was sleeping

to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He

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

on the cast on his arm and

wouldn’t fall off her shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair out of her face so that she could breathe better while she

the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand and greeted instantly,

had no idea what he did wrong at first, but thankfully, he snapped out of

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