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

seeing that he was the only one in the room, she

her shift,” he explained with a book in his

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

and I’m perfectly capable of being on my own

After dusting off her hands, she began to make her way to where she had left

Toby’s gaze

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

asked, “Would you mind staying here

cast him a

could talk for a bit. A

a moment of hesitation, she relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave

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 of a crash course on

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 Paradigm Co. should take in terms of corporate growth and the various industries that the company

things over the course of a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his lifespan, he now only had three good years, during which his body would

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

its nooks and crevices was marked

would have shielded her from all of it and kept her rose-colored glasses intact even if the industry rained

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

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

and

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 narrated in person,

ticked by, and

Sonia had forgotten that she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM

down at her and called out

but he could tell she was sleeping soundly, for she did

he couldn’t bring himself to stir her awake. Glancing around the room, he saw the jacket she had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He

weren’t 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 and let Sonia rest in a proper

cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible sigh

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

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

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

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