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.

kitchenette of the suite and returned

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

explained with

going to do at night if you

are completely fine and I’m perfectly capable of being on my

her hands, she began to

Toby’s gaze darkened.

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

and asked, “Would you mind staying here for a while

cast him a

could talk for a bit. A friendly

at the time and after a moment of hesitation, she relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I

satisfied smile pulled on

she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a crash course on business management than a casual

commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm Co. should take in terms of corporate

he had 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

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

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

she would never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses

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

shake the feeling that he was urgently trying

off such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to his

and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by, much less be narrated in

by, and soon, it was

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

glanced down at her and called out

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

the jacket she had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He lifted the covers off and reached to grab the jacket, then draped it over Sonia’s

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

his eyes fell on the cast on his arm and

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

to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand and

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 bed.

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