Chapter 454 A Call From Leonard

Toby gazed at her steadily as he answered, “I’m feeling okay.”

Even though he meant to reassure her, Sonia was regardlessly worried. “Are you sure? Do you feel lightheaded? And your arm—”

“I’m fine, really. Stop worrying,” he interrupted as he insisted that he was alright.

She parted her lips, but she wasn’t sure what else to say.

At that moment, he asked, “How about you? Tom told me that you collapsed after you carried me down the mountain. Were you hurt?”

“I’m alright now.” She shook her head.

As she had only sprained her back, she would recover soon enough, but the same couldn’t be said for him. The injuries to his head and back aside, his arm would take at least half a year to be fully recovered. All in all, he was in far worse shape than her.

“That’s a relief,” he noted after he was sure that she was telling the truth. With a nod, he went on to say, “Thank you for carrying me out of the cave and down the mountain. If you hadn’t, then I might have turned delirious from the fever.”

Sonia met his gaze solemnly and pointed out, “I should be the one thanking you instead. If you hadn’t stepped in, Carl and I might not even be alive right now. I owe you one for this, not the other way round.” Then, she abruptly changed the subject by asking, “By the way, what are you craving for?”

“Craving?” Toby raised a brow.

“That’s right. You only landed in this sorry state because of me, so it’s only right for me to stay and take care of you until you’re back in good health. You can let me know everything that you’re craving for and I’ll whip them up in the kitchen for you as a token of my gratitude,” she declared.

However, he shook his head in rejection. “No, you don’t have to take care of me. I have a caretaker.”

save mine, or I’ll end up feeling guilty. Let me stay and take care of you, President Fuller. Think of it as easing my conscience.” After having said this, she bowed at him

her to straighten up. His left arm was the closest to her, but unfortunately it was the same arm that he had injured. He could use

he had seen the stubborn

let her have her way, he told himself. As he pinched his brows in frustration, he asked glumly, “You really want to

now and if I just leave you on your own, that would make me a heartless monster,

low chuckle. Then, resuming his somber self once more, he said patiently, “Listen to me, Sonia. Taking care of me means having to spend an insane amount of time next to me for an indefinite period and last I checked, you hate my guts. Are you really serious about this? You can back out of it now; I’m giving you the privilege

shook her head slightly to deny the possibility of her going back on her word. “Besides, I don’t hate your guts,

injured, but he held onto her as tightly as he could and refused to

you. The pain is worth it if it meant you’ve stopped hating me,” Toby said half-jokingly as

obsidian orbs. “What

we start afresh as friends?”

as she was concerned, it was impossible for a formerly married couple to remain friends after their divorce. However, looking at Toby and his wounds now, she could not bring himself to turn him down. A couple of beats later, she finally

smile. “That’s good enough for me. I won’t ask more of you and I’d like it

compatible heart for a transplant, which means I’ll only have three short years to live. Someone like me can’t possibly give Sonia the happiness she deserves even if I succeed in romantically pursuing her; I’d only become a burden to her in the end. With that in mind, Toby decided that a platonic relationship with Sonia was the best

What does he mean when he said he wouldn’t ask more of me? Is he giving up on the idea of

reason, she was beginning to feel unsettled, but she subconsciously brushed it off. She hardly even noticed the twinge of sadness that suddenly crept up on her because it faded the next second as she poured a glass of water for him. “A little early to be so sentimental about life, don’t you think? You’re only thirty and there’s still plenty of life in

half bore a

he took the glass of water from her. “Okay, let’s just leave the conversation at that. I need

readily helped him down

hold up the bottle of IV fluid. As such, she stood patiently outside the door while he used the restroom and when he was done, she walked with him back to the bed whereupon

dusted her hands off when her phone rang. “I have to take this,” she told Toby as she pulled out the ringing device and glanced at the phone screen, only to be pleasantly surprised to see

brighten up over the phone call. He wondered who could be calling her and why she looked

on the other line,

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