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.

the flask into the kitchenette of the suite and returned

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

explained with a book

are you going to do

on my own for the night,” he

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

of this, Toby’s gaze darkened.

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

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

him

for a bit. A friendly chat.” He

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

A satisfied smile pulled on

more next to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat,

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 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

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

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

would never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact even if the

alive after three years were too slim for there to be room for hope. He was destined to wither away and leave

Toby’s sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was

and paid

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 on any

by, and soon, it

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

at her

twitched, but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she

when she slept that he couldn’t bring himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on

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

thought of this, his eyes fell on the cast on his

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

only just done all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand and greeted instantly, “President Fuller,

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

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