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

in the room, she glanced around and asked,

shift,” he explained with a book in his

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

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

nodded. After dusting off her hands, she began to make her

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

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

hand and asked,

She cast him a

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

“Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I need to get some sleep before my trip to the countryside

smile

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

taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that Paradigm Co. should take in

over the course of a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan, he now only

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

of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way she

the industry was. He would have shielded her from all

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

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 he was leaving her

such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to

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

ticked by, and soon, it was

she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as it

down at her and called

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

he saw the jacket she had hung up on

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

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

out to move her hair out

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

could finish 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

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