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

was the only one in the room, she glanced

shift,” he explained with

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

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

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

this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

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

his hand and asked, “Would you

She cast him a bewildered

talk for a bit. A friendly chat.”

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

satisfied smile pulled on Toby’s

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

spared not one second on pleasantries 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.

these things over the course of a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening

and guide her through life in

as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way she could understand how dark and twisted

have shielded

the chances of him staying alive after three years were too slim for 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.

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

and paid attention, clinging

business industry, the very same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by,

ticked by, and soon,

was supposed to return home at 10.00PM

down at her and

she was sleeping soundly, for she did not wake

she had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He

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

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

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

before Tom 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

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