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

talking about?” She bit on her

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

his hand as an incredulous, humorless

size of a date on the back of his right hand. The skin looked like it had been peeled off from the mess that was blood and flesh; and the edges

whittle down the list of potential substances capable

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 car. The acid had eaten away at the paint on the car before dripping and pooling into a

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

time, the bottle of acid would have spilled

be lucky enough to survive, but her skin would have been disfigured beyond

such thoughts flashed in her mind, but that

fists and her eyes rimmed red as she glared at the

of gloves stuffed into his mouth

no idea who he was, much 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

not too far away had witnessed the entire incident as well as the audience watching the livestream. They were all mortified

were, bearing witness to it in reality. Before long, they came to the collective consensus that they must spread this groundbreaking news as quickly

Her brows were knitted tightly together as she gazed at his hand, and the look in her eyes was one that rivaled a

your keys,” she demanded hastily. “I have to drop you off at the hospital and I can’t

“The keys are in my left

instructions, which were redundant and a waste of precious time, given how she was in a rush to get him to the doctor. “Do you mean the pocket of your pants or your coat?”

that Sonia was frustrated. Since he did not dare to dawdle a fraction longer, he answered forthrightly,

the divot between her brows and

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

could feel the softness and warmth of her paw through the thin fabric. His skin tickled where her

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

without thinking! She blushed all the way to the tips of her ears and she quickly grappled for the keys before withdrawing her hand. She looked the other way in embarrassment and averted

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

other hand, swallowed convulsively and

fluttered slightly at this and she hummed in

dwelling on it. He sighed a little and swiftly

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