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.

into the kitchenette of the suite and

seeing that he was the only one in the room, she glanced around and asked,

let her off her shift,” he explained with a book

are you going to

are completely fine and I’m perfectly capable of being on my own for the night,” he said matter-of-factly as he looked up at

dusting off her hands, she began to make her way to where she had

of this, Toby’s gaze darkened.

pointed out as she took

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

him a

figured we could talk for a bit. A

time and after a moment of hesitation, she relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must

A satisfied smile pulled on

more next to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a crash course on business

time, 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 world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm

over the course of a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan, he now only had three good years, during

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 started to

and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there

living, she would never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded 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

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 was leaving her with

off such thoughts and paid attention,

that defined his career in the 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

and soon, it

conversation, Sonia had forgotten that she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as

at her and called out

sleeping soundly, for she did not

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

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

the thought of this, his eyes fell on the cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible sigh

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

had only just done all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling

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

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