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.

and returned to the room after she had kept everything

one in the room, she glanced around and

let her off her shift,” he explained with

“What are you going to do at

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

hands, she began to make her way to where she

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

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

aside the book in his hand and asked,

She cast him a

figured we could talk for a bit. A

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

smile pulled on

bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty, it was more of a crash course on

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

following the drastic shortening

point, Toby no longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her

its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way she could understand how dark and twisted

how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of

and leave her unprotected, but he would do whatever he could to make her stronger. Going forward, she would be on her own

by Toby’s sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his pointers, like

brushed off such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to his

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 person, and she didn’t want to

ticked by, and

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

her and

tell she was sleeping soundly, for she did not

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

was busted, he would have carried her into the adjoining room meant for caretakers who stayed over the night and let Sonia rest in a proper

on the cast on his arm

that the jacket wouldn’t fall off her shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair out

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

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 moment, he finally understood the

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