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

the room, she glanced

her shift,” he explained with a book in his

you going to do at night

being on my

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

Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

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

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

cast him a bewildered

a bit. 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

took her seat once more next to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat, but

he spared not one second on pleasantries as he divulged business management tips to her and taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial

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

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

Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so

discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of

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

the feeling that he was urgently trying to make

off such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to his every

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 on any

by, and soon,

that she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and

at her and called out

he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she

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

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

this, his eyes fell on the cast on his arm and a rueful,

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

door to the hospital room opened. Tom

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

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