This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

“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.”

the truth that he let out a small sigh of relief. As he flashed her a feeble smile, he assured,

are you talking about?” She bit on her lip as she

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

incredulous, humorless laugh escaped her. “Oh,

had been peeled off from the mess that was blood and flesh; and the

could easily whittle down the list of potential

this, Sonia turned her 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

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

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

beyond repair. She would then lock herself

as such thoughts flashed in her mind, but that was

she glared at the person who had hurled acid

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

held such a wicked grudge against her. That didn’t matter, though, because everything would come to

had witnessed the entire incident as well as the

didn’t think that someone would throw acid at 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

bustling reporters and returned to Toby’s side. Her brows were knitted tightly together as she gazed at his

“I have to drop you off at the hospital and I can’t drive

met her gaze and answered, “The keys are

was in a rush to get him to the doctor. “Do you mean the pocket of

was frustrated. Since he did not dare to dawdle a fraction longer,

having gotten the exact location of his keys, Sonia rubbed the divot

keys herself. Seeing that his left hand was completely fine,

and warmth of her paw through the thin fabric. His skin tickled where her fingers brushed over it. As a result, his thigh muscle twitched involuntarily and

it was only after she met his dark, piercing gaze that she finally realized

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 grab the keys that

on the other hand, swallowed convulsively and responded hoarsely, “It’s fine. Don’t dwell on

fluttered slightly at this and she hummed in response after a

was still dwelling on it. He sighed a little and swiftly changed the subject. “Did you get the

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