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.

into the kitchenette of the suite and returned to the room

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

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

walked over to his bed, she pressed, “What are you going to do at night if you let her

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

off her hands, she

of this, Toby’s gaze

9:00PM,” she pointed out as

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

She cast him

A friendly

well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I

smile

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

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 various industries that the company should

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

her through life in the industry. He had to teach her

nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She

have shielded her from all

destined to wither away and leave her unprotected, but he would do whatever he could to make her stronger. Going forward, she would be on her

was admittedly taken aback by Toby’s sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his pointers, like he was

and paid attention, clinging to his every

that defined his 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

and soon, it was

to return home at 10.00PM and as it is, she was already fast

her and called

tell she was sleeping soundly, for

that he couldn’t bring himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on

of his arms was busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for caretakers who stayed over the night and let Sonia rest in a proper

thought of this, his eyes fell on 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

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

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