“No.” He stared down, hiding the laugh in his eyes. Nicely done.

Tina stared at him in disbelief. “What? Why?”

Carl and Sonia looked at him as well. Yeah, he didn’t even help her when we insulted her. I thought he loved her and would do anything for her. Why did he let us do what we wanted? Odd.

Toby could guess what Sonia was thinking from the change in her expression. He wanted to tell her he didn’t love Tina, so whatever happened to her wasn’t his business. However, he had a hunch that something bad would happen if he said that, and the feeling was too strong for him to ignore. In the end. Toby let Tina go and put his hand in his pocket so he could clench it without anyone seeing. “Because it’s a bit hard to handle,” he said coolly.

 

“Why?” Tina was curious.

Sonia arched her eyebrow. She too wanted to know his answer.

Toby pursed his lips and lied, “Sonia didn’t call you a dog. You did it yourself. If I defend you, that means you’ll be really nothing but a dog.” He deliberately emphasized the word ‘dog.’

that thought, and she shook her head. Impossible. I must be hearing things. He loves her more than anything. There’s

she bit her lip and nodded. “I see.” She thought something was off, but she couldn’t put a finger on

a tantrum, Toby stopped frowning. I get the gist now. As long as she stays calm, I won’t have to follow her every whim and desire, nor will I get punished for disobeying her. Toby rubbed his fingers. “Since we can’t solve the mystery, we’ll let the cops handle

 

up straight. “We’ll cooperate with the

he looked at Sonia, his

didn’t answer, for

nudged her on the shoulder.

However, she was shaken to her core, for she could see the old Toby for an instant when he

to let the cops handle this since we

works. Sure.”

testimonials, they let the four of them go. Carl and Sonia left first, while Toby and Tina waited for Toby’s

about it. She wanted to turn his head and tell him to only have eyes on her, not anyone else. Not even Sonia. Especially not Sonia. However, she didn’t do it. If she did that, he’d give

breath and held her fury down. She forced a smile and called out to Toby, snatching

nodded and hobbled toward the

Toby didn’t even call her

her. After he handed the crutch over to the driver, he went into the car. Tina sat beside him and closed the door. “Why didn’t you wait for me, Toby?” She looked

My head hurts.” Toby closed his eyes and

argue, but when she remembered how Toby almost

the car, Tina looked at the man beside her. His eyes were closed, seemingly because he was in a deep sleep. Toby showed no signs of getting out even after the car had stopped. Tina bit her lip. She wanted to wake him up and tell him they were at her home. But when she realized he was frowning, she gave up and got out

his eyes, his gaze as cold as Helheim. “Drive,”

running up his spine. He quickly turned away and drove into

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