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 to

was the only one in the room,

her shift,” he explained

walked over to his bed, she pressed, “What are you going to do at night if you let her off

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

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

this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are you

mean, it’s already 9:00PM,” she pointed out as she took her purse and checked

in his hand and asked, “Would you

cast him a bewildered

talk for a bit. A friendly chat.” He steadily met her

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

A satisfied smile pulled

her seat once more next to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat,

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

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

time to be her mentor and guide her through life in the industry. He had to teach her everything he

nooks and crevices was marked with scheme.

to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact even if the industry

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 stronger. Going forward, she would be on

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

she brushed off such thoughts and paid

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

ticked by, and soon, it

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

her and called out

could tell she was sleeping soundly, for

looked so peaceful when she slept that he couldn’t bring himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on the

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

the cast on his arm and a rueful,

shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair out of her face so that she could breathe better while

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

before Tom 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 notice Sonia’s sleeping frame as she slouched over the bed. At that moment, he finally understood

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