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 returned to

the only one in the room, she glanced around and asked,

off her shift,” he explained

pressed, “What are you going to

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

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

sight of this, Toby’s gaze darkened.

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

and asked, “Would you mind staying here

cast him a

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

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

smile

the bed. He had asked that she stay for

tough commercial

wanted to coach her 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 body would slowly wear out

to be her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her everything he knew before his body started

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

He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her

the chances of him staying alive after three years 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

was admittedly 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

off such thoughts and paid

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

by, and soon, it was

10.00PM and as it is, she

her

but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she did not

had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He lifted the covers off

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

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

Toby reached out to move her hair out of her

done all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came

thankfully, he snapped out

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