“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!

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

Toby saw this, he instantly reacted by pulling her into his arms and shielding her from the acid.

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

but her skin would have been disfigured beyond repair. She would then lock

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

and her eyes rimmed red as she glared at the person who had hurled acid at

was an ordinary-looking man, and at the moment, there was a pair of gloves stuffed into his mouth to prevent him

against her. That didn’t matter, though, because everything

incident as well as the audience watching

Sonia. A dramatic event like this would 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 quickly

bustling reporters and returned to Toby’s side. Her brows were knitted tightly together as she gazed at his hand, and the look in her

drop

“The keys are in

redundant and a waste of precious time, given how she was in a rush

did not dare to dawdle

divot between her brows

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

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

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

pocket of his pants without thinking! She blushed all the way to the tips of her ears and she quickly grappled for the keys before withdrawing her hand. She looked the other way in embarrassment and averted his gaze. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to do

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

swallowed convulsively and responded hoarsely, “It’s fine. Don’t dwell

slightly at this and she hummed in response after a

Toby knew she was still dwelling on it. He sighed

on from the embarrassing incident, Sonia opened up her palm to reveal

the driving

as for that 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 held

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