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.

and returned to the room after she had

was the only one in the room, she glanced

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

bed, she pressed, “What are you going to do

perfectly capable of being on my own for

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

the sight of this, Toby’s

mean, it’s already 9:00PM,” she pointed out

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

cast him a

talk for a bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily

she said, “Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I

smile pulled

that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a crash course on business management

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

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

through life in the industry. He had to teach her

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

have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact

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

coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb

and paid attention, clinging to his

same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by, much less be narrated in

by, and soon, it

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

glanced down at her and called out

was sleeping soundly, for she did not wake up

when she slept that 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 off and reached to grab

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

eyes fell on the cast on his arm

reached out to move her hair

all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand and

made him clamp his mouth shut. He had no idea what he did wrong at first, but thankfully, he snapped out

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