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.

suite and returned to the

seeing that he was the only one in the room, she glanced around and asked, “Where’s the

her shift,” he explained with

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

my own for the night,” he said matter-of-factly as he

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

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

she pointed out as she

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

him a

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

moment of hesitation, she relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well, but I

A satisfied smile pulled on Toby’s

placed 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

to navigate the tough commercial world. He

a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan,

no longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her everything he knew before his body

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

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

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

he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his

such thoughts and paid attention, clinging

survive. Experiences like

ticked by, and

during the conversation, Sonia had forgotten that she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as it is, she was already fast asleep

down at her and called out softly,

twitched, but he could tell she was sleeping soundly,

himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up

his arms was busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for

this, his eyes fell on the cast on his

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

opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in

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 finally understood the warning look in Toby’s

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