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Chapter 458

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.

kitchenette of the suite and returned to the room after she had

the

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

going to do at night if you let her off

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

nodded. After dusting off her hands, she began

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

be. I mean, it’s already 9:00PM,” she pointed

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

him a bewildered

figured we could talk for a bit. A friendly

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

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 a casual

navigate the tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal

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

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 give

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

industry was. He would have shielded her from

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

that he

and paid attention, clinging to

the business industry, the very same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like

ticked by, and soon, it was

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

at her and called out

but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she

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 jacket, then draped

have carried her into the adjoining room meant for caretakers who stayed over the night and let Sonia rest in

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

shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair out of her

door to the hospital room opened.

first, but thankfully, he snapped out of his confusion in time to notice Sonia’s sleeping frame as she

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