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Chapter 458

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

one in the room, she

her off her shift,” he explained with a book

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

being on my own for

After dusting off her hands, she began

the sight of this, Toby’s

already 9:00PM,” she pointed

in his hand and asked, “Would you mind staying

cast him

a bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily

“Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I need to get some sleep before my

satisfied smile

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

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

wanted to 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 wear out

had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to

business world was cruel; it would mercilessly chew and spit Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way

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

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

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 was leaving

and paid attention, clinging to his

helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences

ticked by, and soon, it was

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

her and

twitched, but he could tell she was sleeping

had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He lifted the covers off and reached to

would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for caretakers

fell on the cast on

fall off her shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair out of her

room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in

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

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