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.”

it was only after he was certain she was telling the truth that he let out a

on her lip as she glowered

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

his hand as an incredulous, humorless laugh escaped

on the back of his right hand. The skin looked like it had been peeled off from the mess

potential

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 had spilled all over the driver’s side of the

turned out, the man who called her a wretched woman had flung a bottle of acid at her in an attempt to kill her on the spot. When 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 the back of

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

enough to survive, but her skin would have been disfigured beyond repair. She would then lock herself away forever to prevent anyone from seeing her in that

thoughts flashed in her mind, but

she glared at the person who

a pair of gloves stuffed

less why he held such a wicked grudge against her. That didn’t matter, though, because everything would come to light as soon as the police took

witnessed the entire incident as well as the audience watching the livestream. They were

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

side. Her brows were knitted tightly together as she gazed at his hand, and the look in her

hastily. “I have to drop you off at the hospital and

answered, “The keys are

at his vague instructions, which were redundant and a waste of precious time, given how she was in a rush to get him to the doctor. “Do

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

location of his keys, Sonia rubbed the divot between her brows and reached into the left pocket of his

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

her paw through the thin fabric. His skin tickled where

she met his dark, piercing gaze that she finally realized what she was

way to the tips of her ears and she quickly grappled for the keys before withdrawing her hand. She looked the other

had been in such a hurry to grab the keys that she didn’t know how bold

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

at this and she hummed

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

up her palm to reveal the car keys with