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.

suite and returned

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

her shift,” he explained with a book in

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

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

point, Sonia nodded. After dusting off her hands, she began to make her way to where

sight of this, Toby’s gaze

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

and asked, “Would you mind staying here for a

cast him a

figured we could talk for a bit. A friendly

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

smile pulled on Toby’s

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

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

had wanted to coach her on 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

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

spit Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with

have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored

room for hope. He was destined to wither away and leave her

sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his pointers,

off such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to his

same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come

and

return home at 10.00PM and as it is, she was already fast asleep with her head resting on

down at her and called out softly,

twitched, but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she did not wake up

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. He lifted the covers

fact that one of his arms was busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room

fell on the cast on his arm and a rueful,

Toby reached out to move her hair out of her

to the hospital room opened. Tom came

could finish speaking, Toby shot him a freezing look that made him clamp his mouth shut. He had no 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 moment, he finally understood the warning look in Toby’s

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