This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

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.

the kitchenette of the suite and returned to the room after

he was the only one in the

shift,” he explained

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

I’m perfectly capable of being on my own for the night,” he said matter-of-factly

nodded. After dusting off her hands, she began to make her way to where she had left

this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

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

in his hand and asked, “Would you mind staying

cast him a bewildered

could talk for a bit. A friendly

agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I need to get some sleep

smile pulled on

that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a

way to navigate the tough commercial world.

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

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

its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green,

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

destined to wither away and leave her unprotected, but

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

brushed off such thoughts and

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

ticked by, and soon,

supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as it

her and called out

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

he couldn’t bring himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He lifted the covers

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

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

having made sure that the jacket wouldn’t fall off her shoulders, Toby reached out to move

when the door to the hospital room opened.

finish speaking, Toby shot him a 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 confusion in time

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