This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

Chapter 298

“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

about?” She bit on her

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

at his hand as an incredulous, humorless laugh

been peeled off from the mess that was blood and flesh; and the edges of the wound were erratic and burnt black—the

list of potential substances capable

of 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 had spilled all over the driver’s side of

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 would have spilled on her and its

disfigured beyond repair. She would then lock

fear seized her as such thoughts flashed in her

her fists and her eyes rimmed red as she glared at the person who

the moment, there was a pair of gloves stuffed into his mouth to prevent him from

why he held such a wicked grudge against her. That didn’t matter,

as the audience watching the livestream. They were all

this would only ever occur in soap operas, and yet here they were, bearing witness to it

the other side of the parking lot, Sonia paid no mind to the crowd of bustling reporters and returned to Toby’s side. Her brows were knitted tightly together as she gazed at his hand, and the look in her eyes was one that rivaled a growing

drop

met her gaze and answered, “The

she was in a rush to get him to the

he did not dare to dawdle a

the exact location of his keys, Sonia rubbed the divot between her brows

actually reach for the keys herself. Seeing that his left hand was

aware that her hand was reaching deep into his pocket, and he could feel the softness and warmth of her paw through the thin fabric. His skin tickled where her fingers brushed over it. As a result, his thigh muscle

only after she met his dark, piercing

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

a hurry to grab the keys that

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

this and

sighed a little and swiftly changed the

the embarrassing incident, Sonia opened up her palm to reveal the car

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