"I want to visit Toby first, and then I'll get some rest later." Sonia scratched her ears.
She couldn't help being unaccustomed to the feeling since she had just started wearing glasses. It had only been a while, and her ears were already uncomfortable.
"I haven't gone to visit him yet," she added.
Tom was surprised. "Miss Reed, you haven't visited President Fuller yet?"
She shook her head. "The bandages around my eyes were just removed this morning, but my vision wasn't clear, and I couldn't see well. That's why I didn't visit him. I wanted to see him after I received my glasses. Fortunately for me, I learned that the heart had arrived as soon as I received my glasses. So, I came here to wait for Toby's physical examination results."
At the time, what concerned her the most was whether Toby could undergo surgery as soon as possible.
He nodded to indicate his understanding. "Alright, then. You should go, Miss Reed. I will book a room at one of the hotels nearby and get some rest for now. I'll return later."
"Okay. Have a good rest." She waved him away.
After Tom departed to the nearest hotel, she did not stand around and headed straight for the ICU.
Toby had not left the ICU ward. According to the nurses, he had not regained consciousness during the past two days and remained in a coma.
Sonia came to stand outside of Toby's ICU ward and stared at the unmoving man through the glass.
Toby was wearing a hospital gown. However, the hospital gown was wide open, exposing his entire chest.
His usually muscular chest was covered in electrical patches at the moment. However, that was not all, as even his temples were covered in electrical patches. Those were placed to ensure that his consciousness remained and prevent him from falling into a vegetative state.
That was why these electrical patches would release minor electrical shocks at regular intervals to stimulate his consciousness.
She did not know whether he was in pain because of these minor shocks, but she was sure they were highly uncomfortable.
She slowly pressed her palms against the glass and pressed her forehead tightly against the glass. Her tears silently flowed down her cheeks as she stared at him in silence.
She remained in that position until a nurse came for her and brought her back to her ward an hour later.
"Chairman Reed." When Sonia returned to the hospital ward, she discovered that Rita had already been waiting there for some time.
She carefully removed her glasses, used a tissue to dry her eyes before wearing them again, and gave Rita a strained smile. "You're here."
"Yes. I came to give you a report on the work progress of the last two days." Rita nodded. Then, she carefully studied Sonia's eyes. "Chairman Reed, how is your sight?"
"It's fine. But I need to wear these glasses. Otherwise, my vision resembles the censored version of mosaic tiles."
The words 'censored version of mosaic tiles' amused Rita to no end.
Sonia couldn't help feeling exasperated. From her point of view, her vision without the glasses was indeed no different from the censored version of mosaic tiles.
"In any case, it's great that you can see again, Chairman Reed." Rita offered her sincere congratulations.
Sonia sat by the edge of the hospital bed and beckoned for Rita to take a seat.
"From tomorrow onward, you can bring some urgent documents that need my approval. Now that I'm once again capable of sight, I can start reading through them instead of leaving them to accumulate further."
"Okay," Rita responded. Then, she gave a succinct report on the situation at Paradigm over the last two days.
Sonia felt relieved to hear that Paradigm was operating smoothly in her absence.
After she regained consciousness, she left the company in Rita's capable hands.
Although Rita was a novice, she was a dab hand at managing the company. But, at the very least, there had been no trouble at the company.
"But Asher's men seem restless." Rita glanced at Sonia.
Sonia frowned in displeasure. "Oh? Have they begun causing trouble?"
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