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.

suite and returned to the room after she had kept everything in

was the only one in the room, she glanced

let her off her shift,” he explained with a

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

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

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

of this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are you

it’s already 9:00PM,” she pointed

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

him a

for a bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily

agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I need to

smile

and took her seat 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 course on

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 industries

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

point, Toby no longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life

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

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

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.

the feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his pointers, like he was leaving her with

and paid attention,

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

ticked by, and soon,

return home at 10.00PM and as it is, she was already fast asleep with her

at her and called

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

himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on the rack next

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

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

shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair out of her face so that

had only just done all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand and greeted

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 bed. At that

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