Chapter 534 The Grudges Between Them

Not long after the three of them had returned to Toby’s office, the doctor Tom summoned earlier arrived. Immediately, Sonia cleared away the things on the coffee table to make room for the doctor’s medical kit.

However, the doctor had only just put down his kit when Toby pointed at Sonia and instructed, “Attend to her first.”

“President Fuller!”

 

“No!”

Tom and Sonia protested simultaneously, making their objections clear. As far as Tom was concerned, Sonia was relatively unscathed, whereas Toby’s foot was swollen.

As such, it made sense for the doctor to tend to Toby’s injuries first instead of checking up on Sonia.

Sonia, on the other hand, thought the same thing. The abrasions on her arm were not any worse than Toby’s swollen ankle, but more importantly, he had been the one who stepped in and saved her in time. On that point alone, he rightfully deserved all the medical attention.

At the sight of Sonia’s stony expression and stubborn refusal, Toby parted his lips to say something but thought better of it when he felt her overwhelming authority loom over him.

looked away and addressed the doctor in a white coat with a polite

 

nod. “President Fuller, could you please

seemingly reluctant

urged like a flustered hen, saying, “Didn’t you hear the doctor? Lift your leg up so he can examine it! How else do you expect him to go about this?” Without warning, she bent over to wrap an arm

at the sudden gesture. However, this only made it harder for Sonia to lift his leg, and she reached out to tap him on the

out of his daze. He couldn’t suppress a

quite as heavy and stiff as before, she successfully lifted it up and propped it on the sofa.

over to the sofa and crouched down, thereafter checking the

clasped over his mouth to keep from laughing. He was highly entertained by how Toby dared not utter a word of complaint even though he was anal about someone touching

though saying icily,

final twitch before he put on a straight face again, though his pride was definitely hurt. He’s right. I probably shouldn’t make fun of

oblivious to the wordless exchange between Toby and Tom, Sonia kneeled down before Toby’s injured foot

pain and turned to grab a bottle of cooling spray from his medical kit. Shaking the aluminum bottle twice, he aimed the nozzle at Toby’s swollen ankle and sprayed it. “It’s nothing serious. He put a strain on his ligament, which is just another way of saying he sprained his

at Toby and flashed him a bright smile. “Did you hear that? The doctor said you’ll be fine in

nodded, eyeing her with endearment as

just about to get into the car when

would only pass her by, but to her surprise, the car had intended to run her down and

and dragged her back to the pavement, Tina would have knocked her off her

someone who loves you as much as I do. I couldn’t just do nothing and watch you get hurt before my very eyes,” Toby

would spend the rest of his days in self-loathe, haunted by the fact that he had failed to save her. With that in

clenched, and he stopped himself from thinking about what might have happened. He couldn’t bring himself to accept how dire the situation could have been had he not been there to save her. Just focus on the

subtle confession, Sonia felt her heart begin to race, and she parted her lips to say, “Even then,

her off. At any given

at the tears that had somehow escaped. She wasn’t sure why she was crying, but she tried to keep her voice steady as she

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