“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.”

 

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

about?” She bit on her lip as she glowered at him.

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

hand as an incredulous, humorless laugh escaped her. “Oh, it’s

right hand. The skin looked like it had been peeled

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

she saw how the corrosive substance had spilled all over the

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 and shattered, a speck of acid could have splattered

bottle of acid

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

such thoughts flashed in her mind, but that was quickly replaced by an overwhelming

rimmed red as she glared at 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

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

as well as the audience watching the livestream. They were all

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

Her brows were knitted tightly

to drop you off at the hospital and I can’t drive

“The keys are

was in a rush to get him to the

he did not dare to dawdle a fraction

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

would actually reach for the keys herself. Seeing that his left hand was completely

could feel the softness and warmth of her paw through the thin fabric. His skin

it was only after she met

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 other way in embarrassment and averted his gaze. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to do

that she didn’t know

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

this and she hummed in response

was still dwelling on it. He sighed a little and swiftly changed the subject. “Did

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

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