Toby blinked before he grunted.

When he exited the elevator earlier, he already felt a sense of dizziness and figured that he could be running a temperature.

 

However, he suddenly wanted to see her, so he didn’t give it much thought.

Sonia lowered her hand and extended it toward Toby.

He merely looked at her. “What do you want?”

“Your phone.” She frowned in frustration. “Give it to me. I’ll help you to ring the Fullers so that they can send someone over to bring you home.”

 

“No need.” He pouted as he declined the offer.

She chuckled. “Huh, do you think you can drive home on your own?”

 

Toby’s thin lips moved, but he didn’t say anything.

Sonia could feel the onset of a headache. “You don’t want anyone coming over to fetch you, but you can’t drive home on your own. What are you trying to—hey!”

Before she could even finish her sentence, the man lost his grip on the door frame before his towering body fell in her direction.

Toby fell right on top of Sonia and his weight nearly crushed her.

“Hey, how shameless can you be? Falling on me like that… Come on, get up.” Sonia pushed the man on top of her.

he didn’t even

realized that his eyes were closed. It was obvious that he had passed out. “You’re kidding me, right? How are you so weak?” She couldn’t believe what

to imagine such a

the man outside to die. Then, she helped him

were in the living room, she threw the man onto the couch

into contact with the couch, he suddenly groaned before his eyebrows scrunched up tightly, but he

momentarily stunned. Did I hurt

in his pocket. Her intention was to contact Tom to take Toby

on his phone, so the

didn’t know what his passcode was, so she casually tried a few combinations. She tried Toby’s birth

out her phone instead. Then, she made a call and asked for a doctor to come

matter what, since Toby had passed out at her place, if she didn’t call a doctor to treat him, she would be held responsible should Toby’s fever

Toby’s wet hair and shoulder for a while. She thought that his fever would worsen if he was in those damp clothes, so she helped him to undress

really despised her soft heart, but it couldn’t be helped; she couldn’t just ignore something that

Sonia had just unbuttoned Toby’s shirt when she looked up and noticed a crimson patch on

to guess something before she forcefully turned his body over. After that, she was

patch has almost entirely covered his back and it’s a ghastly sight

caused by the blood capillaries under his skin rupturing

on the couch. I’m afraid his fever might have been caused by this injury and

trembled as she gingerly touched Toby’s

It

but didn’t say anything when she asked him

how to describe her feelings at that moment.

this time, the doorbell rang

had arrived, so she looked up and deeply inhaled

the man on the couch and said, “Doctor, please take

He quickly opened the medicine kit and retrieved some tools to observe

for a while, the doctor applied some ointment on Toby’s back and injected Toby with

couldn’t help but worry. She clasped her hands together and asked anxiously,

serious. The fever will be gone tonight and the injury on his back isn’t that bad either. Just keep applying the ointment for a few days while waiting for the bruise to lighten and he should be fine,” the doctor answered as he

in relief and managed to squeeze a faint smile on her face. “I understand. Thank you

I’ll leave the

thing.” Sonia nodded and saw the doctor off at

couldn’t help mumbling, “I guess I’ve

into her room to grab a blanket and

soon as she closed her eyes, the image of Toby’s crimson back intruded her thoughts and

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