This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

Chapter 298

“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.”

 

gaze 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. As he flashed her a feeble smile, he

about?” She bit on her lip as she

“It’s nothing,” he insisted.

pointed at his hand as an incredulous, humorless laugh

a 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 of the

list of potential

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

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

saved her in time, the bottle of acid

disfigured beyond repair. She

as such thoughts flashed in her mind,

her fists and her eyes rimmed red as she

had been 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,

why he held such a wicked grudge against her.

had witnessed the entire incident as well as the audience watching

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

returned to Toby’s side. Her brows

“I have to drop you off at the

her gaze and answered, “The keys are

in a rush to get

frustrated. Since he did not

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

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

was 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

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

all the way to the tips of her ears and she quickly grappled for the keys before withdrawing her

that she didn’t

other hand, swallowed convulsively and

this and she hummed in response after a

Toby knew she was still dwelling on it. He sighed a

the embarrassing incident, Sonia opened up her palm

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