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

seeing that he was the only one in the room, she glanced

shift,” he explained with a book in his good

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

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

off her hands, she began to make her way to where she

of this, Toby’s

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

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

him a bewildered

we could talk for a bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily met her gaze.

agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I need to get some sleep before my trip to the countryside tomorrow

A satisfied smile pulled on Toby’s

her seat once more next to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it

tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm Co. should take in

these things over the course 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

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 to

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

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

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

the feeling that he was urgently

brushed off such thoughts and paid attention,

career in the business industry, the 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 she didn’t

ticked by, and soon, it was

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

down at her and called

twitched, but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she

peaceful when she slept 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 to the bed.

into the

the cast on his arm and a rueful,

made 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 breathe better

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

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

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