“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.”

 

telling 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

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

pointed at his hand as an incredulous, humorless laugh escaped her. “Oh, it’s

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

potential

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 car before dripping and pooling into a sizzling

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 his hand, hence the horrific burn that marked his

other words, had Toby not saved her in time, the bottle of acid would

beyond repair. She would then lock herself away forever to prevent anyone from

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

rimmed red as she glared at the person who had hurled acid at

the 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 on his face was

her. That didn’t matter, though, because everything would come to light as

entire incident as well as the audience watching the livestream. They were all mortified by the

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

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

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

answered, “The keys

precious time, given how she was in a rush to get him to the doctor.

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

divot between her brows and reached into

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

feel the softness and warmth of her paw through

as well, and it was only after she met his

tips of her ears and she quickly grappled for the keys

keys that she didn’t know how bold she was

and

slightly at this and she

He sighed a

Sonia opened up her palm to reveal the car keys with

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