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.

flask into the kitchenette of the suite and returned to the room after

only one in the room,

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

pressed, “What are you going

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

hands, she began

of this, Toby’s gaze darkened. “Are

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

cast aside the book in his hand and asked, “Would you mind staying here for

him a

figured we could talk for a bit. A friendly

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 some sleep before my

A satisfied smile pulled

her purse down 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

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

drastic shortening of his lifespan, he now only had three good

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

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 no way she could understand how dark

he could continue living, she would never have 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 rained

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

was admittedly taken 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

thoughts and paid attention, clinging to

thrive and survive. Experiences like his were hard to come by, much less be narrated in person, and she didn’t

by, and soon, it was

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

at her and called

she was sleeping soundly, for she did not wake

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

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

of this, his eyes fell on the cast on

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

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

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

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