“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.”

 

more beats; it was only after he was certain she was telling the truth that

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

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

at his hand as an incredulous, humorless laugh escaped her. “Oh,

skin looked like it had been peeled off from the mess that was blood

down the list of potential

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 the car. The acid had eaten away at the paint on the

When Toby saw this, he instantly reacted by pulling her into his arms and shielding her from the acid. However,

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

be lucky enough to survive, but her skin would have been disfigured beyond repair. She would then lock herself away forever to prevent anyone

fear seized her as such thoughts flashed in her mind, but that was quickly replaced by an overwhelming

she glared at the person

gloves stuffed into his mouth to prevent him from speaking.

was, much less why he held such a wicked grudge against her. That

reporters not too far away had witnessed the entire incident as well as the audience

acid at Sonia. A dramatic event like this would only ever occur in soap operas, and yet here they were,

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

keys,” she demanded hastily. “I have to drop you off at the hospital and I

answered, “The keys are in my left

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

Since he did not dare to

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

Seeing that his left

hand was reaching deep into his pocket, and he could feel the softness and warmth of her paw

this as well, and it was only after she met his dark, piercing gaze that she finally

hand into the pocket of his pants without thinking! She blushed all the way to the tips of her ears and she quickly grappled for the

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

convulsively and responded hoarsely, “It’s fine.

this and she hummed in response after a

sighed a little and swiftly changed the subject. “Did you

up her palm to reveal the

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