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 to the room after she had kept everything

only one in the room, she glanced around and asked, “Where’s

off her shift,” he explained with a book in

pressed, “What are you going

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

nodded. After dusting off her hands, she began to

this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are you

already 9:00PM,” she pointed out as she took her purse and

aside the book in his hand and asked,

She cast him a

bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily met her gaze.

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

A satisfied smile

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

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

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

her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her

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 how

shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact

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

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

she brushed off such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to his every

were valuable notes 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

ticked by, and soon, it

she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as it is, she was already fast asleep

glanced down at her and called out

she was sleeping soundly, for

awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up

would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for caretakers who stayed over the night and let Sonia rest

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

shoulders, Toby reached out to move her

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

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.

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