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.

brought the flask into the kitchenette of the suite and

only one in the room, she

let her off her shift,” he explained with a book in his

pressed, “What are you going

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

this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are you

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

and asked,

cast him

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

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

satisfied smile pulled on

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

he spared not one second on pleasantries as he divulged business management tips to her and taught her the best way to navigate the tough commercial world. He even touched on the ideal direction that

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

her through life in the industry. He had

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

industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it

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 her own as she tried to survive the

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

brushed off such thoughts and

his career in 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

and

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

down at her and called out softly,

could tell she was sleeping soundly,

the room, he saw 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

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

cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible sigh escaped

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

just done all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling

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

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