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.”

he was certain she was telling the truth that he let out a small sigh of relief. As he flashed her a feeble smile, he

She bit on her lip as she glowered at him. “Look

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

as an incredulous,

skin looked like it had been peeled off from the mess that was blood and flesh; and the edges of the wound were erratic and burnt black—the result of

easily whittle down the list of potential substances capable of such erosion

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

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

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

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

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

fists and her eyes rimmed red as she glared at the

a pair of gloves stuffed into his mouth to prevent him from speaking. Even so, the look on his face was menacing enough to

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

far away had witnessed the entire incident as well as the audience watching the livestream. They were all mortified by the shocking turn of

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

the crowd of bustling reporters and returned to Toby’s side. Her brows were knitted tightly together as she gazed at his

she demanded hastily. “I have to drop you off

and answered, “The keys

vague instructions, which 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

he did not dare to dawdle a

rubbed the divot between her brows and reached

at this. He 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

acutely aware that 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

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

hand into the pocket of his pants without 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

been in such a hurry to grab the keys that she

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

eyelashes fluttered slightly at this and she

was how Toby knew she was still dwelling on it. He sighed a little and swiftly changed the

embarrassing incident, Sonia opened up her palm to