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

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

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

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

I’m perfectly capable of being on my

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

Toby’s gaze darkened.

9:00PM,” she pointed out as she took

asked, “Would you mind staying

him

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

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

smile pulled

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

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

over the course of a hopefully developing friendship, but following the drastic shortening of his

point, Toby no longer had enough time to be her mentor and guide her through life in the

crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so there was no way she could understand

living, she would never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it

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

that he was urgently trying to make her absorb all his

such thoughts and paid attention, clinging to his every

valuable notes that defined 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

by, and soon, it was

had forgotten that she was supposed to return home at 10.00PM and as it is, she was already fast asleep

at her and

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

had hung up on the rack next to the bed. He lifted the covers off and reached to grab the jacket, then draped

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

thought of this, his eyes fell on the cast on his arm and a rueful, imperceptible sigh escaped

that the jacket wouldn’t fall off her shoulders, Toby reached out to move her hair out of her face so that

door to the hospital room opened.

idea what he did wrong at first, but thankfully, he snapped out of his confusion in time to notice

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