“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.”

 

she was telling the truth that he let out a small sigh of relief. As he

hell 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,

of his right hand. The skin looked like it had been peeled off from the mess that was blood and flesh; and the edges of the wound were erratic

of potential substances

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

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 and shattered, a speck of acid could have splattered onto the back

the bottle of acid would

could be lucky enough to survive, but her skin would have been disfigured beyond repair. She would then

fear seized her as such thoughts flashed in her mind, but that

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

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

he was, much less why he held such a wicked grudge against her. That didn’t matter, though, because everything would

as the audience watching the livestream. They were all mortified

think 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

and returned to Toby’s side. Her brows were

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

gaze and answered, “The

in a rush to get him

frustrated. Since he did not dare to dawdle a fraction

having gotten 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 completely

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 twitched

it was only after she met

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

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

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

fluttered slightly at this and she hummed in response

still dwelling on it. He sighed a little

incident, Sonia opened up her palm to reveal the

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