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 she had kept everything in

in the room, she glanced

he explained with a

over to his bed, she pressed, “What are you going to do

my own for

off her hands, she began to make her way to where she

this, Toby’s gaze darkened.

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

hand and asked, “Would

She cast him

A

glanced at the time and after a moment of hesitation, she relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well,

smile pulled

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

management tips to her and taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm Co. should take in terms of corporate growth and the various

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 just

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

cruel; it would mercilessly chew and spit Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked

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

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

Sonia was admittedly taken aback by Toby’s sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently

and

defined his career in the business industry, the very same ones that helped him to thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard

by, and soon, it

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

glanced down at her and

sleeping soundly, for she did not wake

she had hung up on the rack next to

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

the cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible sigh escaped

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

door to the hospital room opened.

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

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