This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

“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.”

on 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.

on

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

pointed at his hand as an incredulous, humorless laugh

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

easily whittle down the list of potential substances capable of

thought 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 the car. The acid had eaten away at the paint on the car before dripping and pooling into a sizzling puddle on the

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

time, the bottle of acid would have spilled on her and its contents would have burned her

that happened, she could be lucky enough to survive, but her skin would have been disfigured beyond repair. She would then lock herself away forever to prevent anyone from seeing her in

as such thoughts flashed in

as she glared at the person who had

apprehended by 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 menacing enough

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

reporters not too far away had witnessed the entire incident as well as the audience watching the livestream. They

operas, and yet here they were, bearing witness to it in reality. Before long, they came to the collective consensus that they

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

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

answered, “The keys are in my

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 of your pants or your coat?”

did not dare to dawdle a fraction longer,

gotten the exact location of his keys, Sonia rubbed the divot

actually reach for the keys herself. Seeing that his left

reaching deep into his pocket, and he could feel the softness and warmth of her paw through the thin fabric.

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

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

had been in such a hurry to grab the keys that she

swallowed convulsively and

at this and she hummed in response after

He sighed

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