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.

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

one in the room, she glanced around and asked, “Where’s

her shift,” he explained with a book in

to his bed, she pressed, “What are you going to do at night if you let her off early like

on my own for the night,” he said

that she saw his point, Sonia nodded. After dusting off her hands, she began to

this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are you

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

and asked, “Would

him a bewildered

bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily

glanced at the time and after 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 before my trip to the countryside

smile pulled on

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

management tips to her and taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial

developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his

Toby no longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life in

and crevices was marked

living, she would never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored

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 she tried to survive the

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

she brushed off such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to his every

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

by, and

she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM

her and called out

lips twitched, but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she did not wake up

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 the jacket, then draped it over Sonia’s

busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for caretakers who stayed over the night

his eyes fell on the cast on his arm and

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

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

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, he

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