“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!

put two and two together when she saw how the corrosive substance had spilled all over the driver’s side

man who called her a wretched woman had flung a bottle of acid at her in an attempt to kill her on the spot. When Toby saw this, he instantly reacted by pulling her into his arms and shielding her from the acid. However, when the glass bottle landed on

other words, had Toby not saved her in time, the bottle of acid would have spilled on her and its

beyond repair. She

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

clenched her fists and her eyes rimmed red as she

of gloves stuffed into his mouth to prevent him from speaking. Even so, the look on his face was menacing enough to make anyone’s skin

her. That didn’t matter, though, because everything would come

reporters not too far away had witnessed the entire incident as well as the audience watching the livestream. They were all mortified by the

only ever occur in soap operas, and yet here they were, bearing witness to it in reality. Before long, they came to the collective consensus that they must spread this groundbreaking news as

Toby’s side. Her brows were knitted tightly together as she gazed at his

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

“The keys are in my

were redundant and a waste of precious time, given how she was in a rush to get him to the doctor. “Do

Since he did not dare to dawdle a fraction longer, he answered

keys, Sonia rubbed the divot between her brows

He didn’t think she would actually reach for the keys herself. Seeing that his left hand

was acutely aware that her hand was reaching deep into his pocket, and he could feel the softness and 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

this as well, and it was only after she met his dark, piercing gaze that she finally

pants without thinking! She blushed all the way to the tips of her ears and she quickly

been in such a hurry to grab the keys that

and responded hoarsely, “It’s

and she hummed

was how Toby knew she was still dwelling on it. He sighed

on from the embarrassing incident, Sonia opened up her palm to reveal the car keys with the Maybach

the driving in your capable

man over there…” A freezing look passed over her delicate face as she glanced at the culprit, who was kneeling on the tarmac as the head of security

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