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.

of the suite and returned to

the room, she glanced around and asked,

he explained with

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

of being on my

hands, she began to make her way to where she had left

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

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

asked, “Would you

him

bit. A friendly chat.” He

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 trip to

satisfied smile pulled

to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat,

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

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 had three good years, during which his body

mentor and guide her through life in

world was cruel; it would 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 and twisted the industry

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

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 was urgently trying to

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

and soon, it

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

her and

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

she had hung up on the rack

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

the cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible

Toby reached out to move her hair out

the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents

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

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