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 suite and

the room, she glanced around and asked,

her off her shift,” he explained with

“What are you going

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

Sonia nodded. After dusting off her hands,

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

it’s already 9:00PM,” she pointed out

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

him

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

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

smile

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

taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial world.

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 wear out just to

point, Toby no longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her everything

cruel; it would mercilessly chew and spit Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was

industry was. He would have shielded her from

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. Going forward, she would be on her own as

couldn’t shake the feeling that he was

thoughts and paid attention, clinging to his every

to thrive and survive. Experiences like his were

ticked by, and soon,

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

down at her and called out

lips twitched, but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for

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

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

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

the door to the hospital room opened. Tom

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,

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