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.

brought the flask into the kitchenette of the suite and returned to the room after she had

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

her off her shift,” he explained with a book

walked over to his bed, she pressed, “What are you going to do at

on my own for the night,”

After dusting off her hands, she began to make her way to

sight of this, Toby’s gaze darkened.

it’s already 9:00PM,” she pointed out as she took her purse

book in his hand and asked, “Would you mind staying here for

She cast him a

a bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily met

she said, “Very well, but I

A satisfied smile

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

tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm Co. should

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 keep

guide her through life in the industry. He had to

Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no

was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact even if the

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

was admittedly taken aback by Toby’s sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make

she brushed off such thoughts and paid

valuable notes 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 in person, and she didn’t want to miss out

ticked by, and soon, it

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

at her and called

she was sleeping soundly, for she did not wake up at

room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He lifted the covers off and

into the adjoining room meant for caretakers who stayed over

the cast on his arm and a

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

when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling

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

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