“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.”

 

after he was certain she was telling the truth that he let out

about?” She bit on her lip

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

his hand as an incredulous, humorless laugh escaped

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

easily whittle down the list of potential substances capable

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

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

other words, had Toby not saved her in time, the bottle of acid would have spilled on her and its

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

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

eyes rimmed red as she glared at the person

at the moment, there was a pair of gloves stuffed into his mouth to prevent him from

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

incident as well as the audience watching

only ever occur in soap operas, and 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 as

to Toby’s side. Her brows were knitted tightly together as she gazed at his hand, and the look in her eyes was

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

gaze and answered, “The keys are in my

instructions, which were redundant and a waste of precious time, given how she was in a rush to get him to the

he did not dare to dawdle a fraction longer,

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

didn’t think she 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 for

her paw through the thin fabric. His skin tickled where her fingers brushed over it. As a result, his thigh muscle twitched involuntarily

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

tips of her ears and she quickly grappled for the keys before

had been in such a hurry to grab the keys that she didn’t know how bold she was until it was too

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

at this and she hummed

was still dwelling on it. He sighed a little and

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

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