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.

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

one in the room, she

her shift,” he explained with a book in his

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

on my own for the night,”

After dusting off her hands,

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

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

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

She cast him a bewildered

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

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

A satisfied smile pulled

placed her purse down and took her seat once more next to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a crash course on business management than

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

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

time to be her mentor and guide her through life

marked with scheme. She was still

the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact even if the

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 her stronger. Going forward, she would be

shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his pointers, like he was leaving

and paid attention,

survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by, much less be

and

10.00PM and as it is, she

at her and called

sleeping soundly, for she did

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 jacket, then draped it over

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

the thought of this, his eyes fell on the cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible sigh

jacket wouldn’t fall off her shoulders, Toby reached out to move

when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand

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 the warning look in Toby’s

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