The doctor’s hand paused in mid-air as he looked up in mild surprise, his gaze flickering from Sonia to the impassive Toby. He didn’t think he was using much force at all, so it was unlikely that Toby felt any pain. Besides, judging from the man’s lack of expression, I highly doubt he’s in pain, the doctor concluded.

As the doctor shook his head, he did not dwell further on Sonia’s remark before dismissing it as a wife’s show of concern for her husband’s well-being. Well, I guess I’ll just be as gentle as I can. After having decided on this, the doctor sighed and carried on with the massage.

 

The massage had continued for quite a while before he opened the medical kit and began to rummage through its contents, selecting the bandages for Toby’s wound.

Sonia patted Douglas on the back as she stood up. “How’s his foot, doctor? Is there a fracture or something?”

While he dabbed antiseptic onto Toby’s foot, the doctor answered dutifully, “Don’t you worry, ma’am. Your husband’s foot will be alright. There’s no damage to his bones, although he has sprained his ligament and tendon. He just needs to take it easy for about two weeks or so before he’ll make a full recovery.”

Upon hearing this, she let out a breath of relief. Then, she nodded with a smile as she answered, “That’s good to know.”

 

The guilt she had felt earlier significantly waned after she heard that Toby would recover just fine.

She knew he had only tried to save himself, but it didn’t disregard the fact that he saved her all the same, even though such a feat was more of a coincidence than anything else. She would have been indebted to him had his foot suffered any real and serious injury.

 

He, on the other hand, was regarding Sonia with a dark look when he noticed the wide grin on her face. She might as well congratulate me, he thought sullenly.

As though she sensed his gaze, Sonia turned to look at him in askance. “What is it?”

curtly as a resentful look flashed

and

all wrapped up and you’re ready to go. Make sure to keep the bandaged area

nodded on Toby’s behalf and replied, “Alright. Thank you

the doctor out and when he returned to the scene, he had a large Gundam action figure in his arms along with an intricate box. He gave Sonia and Toby an apologetic look as he explained, “Sir, Madam, I’m terribly sorry for the injuries you sustained due to our negligence today. If you don’t mind, we offer you these as

the man handed the Gundam action figure

not take them and merely glanced at Toby as she pointed out, “You’re the injured one, so you should take a look at the gifts

the Gundam toy and the box before he snapped icily, “It’s a little too early to dismiss this incident as one of negligence on the restaurant’s part. Any talk of compensation will have to wait until after my assistant has thoroughly

this and he couldn’t help the panic that seized him. He thought that a hefty compensation such as his offer

to resolve the matter at

hard it was to placate men

had passed when Tom

up at his assistant and demanded, “So,

the manager’s posture straightened to listen

turns out, the whole thing was an accident. The attendant who installed the beam lost a couple of screws. When the other attendants saw that the

when he heard that the incident

snapped, “How irresponsible of the attendant! He has caused this huge mess all because he couldn’t be bothered to go the extra mile to properly set up the beams. He didn’t even try to explain himself after

was no guarantee that the beam wouldn’t fall upon them. They simply had no physical means to avoid danger and they could have died on

thought of that, she shuddered with

without saying that Toby shared the same line of thought and his face was stormy as he barked, “Where’s the attendant

him. He’s being held in custody in the kitchen,” Tom

may have no fault in this incident, but you can’t escape the repercussions of

wholeheartedly agree,” the manager stammered nervously, his head jerking stiffly in a series

again. The Fuller Group will have a

he felt like lightning

assistant had earlier addressed this man as President Fuller. Now that the man himself has mentioned Fuller Group,

as he was close to figuring out Toby’s identity, Toby’s piercing gaze fell upon him once more. “As for you, three months’ worth of your pay will be docked as punishment for this severe oversight. Make sure you keep an eye on your employees from now on because you’d end up like that attendant from earlier if any mishaps such as this one were to

posture stiffened as he answered hastily, “Yes, sir!

was indeed the president of Fuller Group, otherwise known as the man at the top of the organization.

he had invited on a whim was the big man himself? And now that he’s injured, I only have my poor luck to blame, the manager lamented with self-deprecating humor. I suppose things could be worse. Thankfully, he’s only docked three months

panic quelled, he raised the Gundam figure and the box

little boy standing next to

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