“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.”

 

her for a few more beats; it was only after he was certain she was telling the truth that he let out a small sigh of relief. As he flashed her

She bit on her lip as she glowered

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

incredulous, humorless laugh escaped her.

right hand. The skin looked like it had been peeled off from the mess that was blood

could easily whittle down the list of potential substances capable

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

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

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

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

as such thoughts flashed in her mind, but that was quickly

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

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 menacing enough to make anyone’s skin prickle in

held such a wicked grudge against her. That didn’t matter, though, because everything would come to light as soon as

incident as well as

that someone would throw acid at 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

and returned to Toby’s side. Her brows were knitted tightly together

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

“The keys are in

was in a rush to get him to the doctor. “Do you

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

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

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

her paw through the thin fabric. His skin tickled where her fingers

she met his dark, piercing gaze

blushed all the way to the tips of her ears and she

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

convulsively and responded hoarsely, “It’s fine. Don’t

slightly at this and she hummed

He sighed a little and swiftly

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

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255