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Chapter 458

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.

the suite and returned to the room after she had kept everything

one in the room, she glanced around and asked, “Where’s

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

she pressed, “What are you going to do at night if you let

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

saw his point, Sonia nodded. After dusting off her hands, she began

this, Toby’s gaze darkened.

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

the book in his hand and asked, “Would you mind staying here for a while

him a bewildered

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

she relented. Nodding in agreement, she said, “Very well, but I must leave at 10:00PM. I need to get

smile pulled on

to the bed. He had asked that she stay for a chat, but in all honesty,

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

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

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

Sonia out as every one of its nooks and crevices was marked with scheme. She was still green, so

would never have to discover how terrifying the industry was. He would have shielded her from all of it and kept

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 forward, she would be on

sudden coaching. She couldn’t shake the feeling that he was urgently trying to make her absorb

thoughts and paid attention,

and survive. Experiences like his were hard to

and

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

glanced down at her and called out softly,

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

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,

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

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

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

done all this when the door to the hospital room opened. Tom came bustling in with documents in hand and greeted instantly, “President Fuller,

Tom could finish speaking, 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 in time to notice Sonia’s sleeping frame

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