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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

one in the room, she

he explained

going to do at night if you let

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

off her hands, she began to make her

this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

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

the book in his hand and asked, “Would

cast him a bewildered

we could talk for a bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily met her

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

A satisfied smile pulled

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

her and taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial world.

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 just to keep

life in the industry. He had to teach her everything he knew before

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 she could understand

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

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

shake the feeling that he was urgently

thoughts and paid attention,

the business industry, the very same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by, much less

and soon, it was

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

at her

sleeping soundly,

couldn’t bring himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had

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

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

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

this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in

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 to notice Sonia’s sleeping frame as she slouched over the

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