“What?” Sonia frowned and turned to see where the voice was coming from, but before she could get a proper look at the commotion, her body was suddenly pulled into a rough embrace.

Toby had his arms wound tightly around her as he spun her toward the other side before a second later, the sound of glass breaking came from the space where Sonia had been standing earlier. It was then followed by an intense sizzling that mimicked the low buzz of an electric current.

At that moment, he let out a low grunt.

Upon hearing the pain in his voice, she looked up at him. As she was alarmed by the large beads of cold sweat on his forehead and his pallor, she urged, “What is it? Are you okay?”

He released his grip on her without answering her and clamped his left hand over his right wrist by his side, which trembled slightly.

Her gaze fell on his right hand before her breath hitched as she stammered, “Y-Your hand—”

“My hand’s fine. What about you? Are you okay?” He looked up at her, his face pale as he appraised her anxiously and she could tell that the fear in his eyes were genuine.

She opened and closed her mouth, unable to describe her complicated emotions into words. Is he an idiot? His own hand is injured, but all he cares about is whether I’m okay!

Toby stiffened at her lack of response. “Are you hurt?”

Sonia shook her head. “No.”

He held his gaze on her for a few more beats; it was only after he was certain she was telling the truth that he let out a small sigh of relief. As he flashed her a feeble smile, he assured, “That’s good.”

“Good? What the hell are you talking about?” She bit on her lip as she glowered at him. “Look at your hand!”

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

Sonia pointed at his hand as an incredulous, humorless laugh escaped her. “Oh, it’s nothing?”

There was an open wound the size of a date on the back of his right hand. The skin looked like it had been peeled off from the mess that was blood and flesh; and the edges of the wound were erratic and burnt black—the result of a harsh corrosion.

Sonia could easily whittle down the list of potential substances capable of such erosion to one thing—acid!

turned her icy gaze to the spot where she had been standing earlier. It didn’t take long for her to put two and two together when she saw how the corrosive substance had spilled all over the driver’s side of the car.

he instantly reacted by pulling her into his arms and shielding her from the acid. However, when the glass bottle landed on the car and

her in time, the bottle of acid would have spilled on her and its contents would have

to survive, but her skin would have been disfigured beyond repair. She would then lock herself

her as such thoughts flashed in her mind, but that was quickly replaced by

she glared at the person who had hurled

a pair of gloves stuffed

held such a wicked grudge against her. That didn’t

not too far away had witnessed the entire incident as well as the

this would only ever occur in soap operas, and yet here they were,

the other side of the parking lot, Sonia paid no mind to the crowd of bustling reporters and returned to Toby’s side. Her brows were knitted tightly together as she

to drop you off at the hospital and I can’t drive

answered, “The keys are in

how she was in a rush to get him to the doctor.

did not dare

the exact location of his keys, Sonia rubbed the divot between her brows and reached into the left pocket of

the keys herself. Seeing that his left hand was completely fine, he had assumed that she

warmth of her paw through the thin fabric. His skin tickled where her fingers brushed over it. As a result, his thigh muscle twitched involuntarily and

and it was only after she met his dark, piercing gaze

of her ears and she quickly grappled

a hurry to grab the keys that

hand, swallowed convulsively and

eyelashes fluttered slightly at this and she hummed in response

on it. He sighed a little and swiftly changed the subject. “Did you

opened up her palm to reveal the car keys with the Maybach

“I leave the driving in

as she glanced at the culprit, who

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