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.

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

that he was the only one in the room, she

her shift,” he explained with a

she pressed, “What are you going to do at night if you let

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

her hands, she began to make her way to where she had left

this, Toby’s

be. I mean, it’s already 9:00PM,” she pointed out as she took her purse and checked

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

She cast him a bewildered

bit. A friendly chat.” He

the time and after a moment of hesitation, she relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM.

A satisfied smile pulled

next to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat,

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.

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

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

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

she would never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact even if the

to be room for hope. He was destined to wither away and leave her unprotected, but he would

coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he

brushed off such thoughts and paid attention, clinging

survive. Experiences like his were hard to

ticked by, and soon,

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

at her and

he could tell she was sleeping

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 grab the

arms was busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for

his eyes fell on the cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible sigh escaped

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

when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom

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

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