“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!

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. The acid had eaten away at the paint 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 the car and shattered, a speck of acid could have splattered onto the back of his hand,

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

been disfigured beyond repair. She would then

flashed in her mind, but that was quickly replaced by

her fists and her eyes rimmed red as she glared at the person

by the head of security. The perpetrator was an ordinary-looking man, and at the moment, there was a pair 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 prickle

less why he held such a wicked grudge against her. That

the entire incident as well as the audience watching the livestream. They were all mortified by the

occur in soap operas, and yet here they were, bearing

side. Her brows were

your keys,” she demanded hastily. “I have to drop you off at the hospital

and answered, “The

how she was in a rush to get him to the doctor. “Do you mean

tell that Sonia was frustrated. Since he did not dare to dawdle a fraction

his keys, Sonia rubbed the divot between her brows

would actually reach for the keys herself. Seeing that his left hand was completely fine,

her paw through the

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

and she quickly grappled

keys that she didn’t know how bold she was until it

hand, swallowed convulsively and responded hoarsely,

slightly at this and

knew she was still dwelling on it. He sighed a little and swiftly changed the

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

the driving in your capable

she glanced at the culprit, who was kneeling on the tarmac as

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