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.

seen him give up on his attempt to argue that she looked away and addressed the

 

the doctor agreed with a perfunctory nod. “President Fuller, could you

frowned, seemingly reluctant to follow

leg up so he can examine it! How else

this only made it harder for Sonia to lift his leg, and she reached out to tap him on the shoulder, hissing,

out of his daze. He couldn’t suppress a smile as he relaxed

quite as heavy and stiff as before, she successfully lifted it up

walked over to the sofa and crouched down, thereafter

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 his foot, all because Sonia was staring at him like she would not hesitate to put him in place. Maybe fear really is the heart of

and he narrowed his eyes at the latter as though saying icily, I can’t believe you have the

straight face again, though his pride was definitely hurt. He’s right. I probably shouldn’t make fun of him when I’ve been a bachelor all my thirty years of life. I really ought

and Tom, Sonia kneeled down before

doctor pressed down on Toby’s ankle, which made Toby frown. Seeing this, the doctor understood the extent of Toby’s 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

“Oh, thank goodness.” Then, she looked at Toby and flashed him a bright smile. “Did you hear that?

nodded, eyeing her with endearment

about to get into the car when she heard the sound of an approaching vehicle, but she did not turn to see where that vehicle was

her by, but to her

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

have to thank me. Anyone would have done the same thing in my position, let alone 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 pointed

rest of his days in self-loathe, haunted by the fact that he had failed to save her. With that in mind, he thanked the heavens that he had been there to drag her back onto the safety

how dire the situation could have been had he not been

parted her lips to say, “Even then, you shouldn’t have risked

anything else,” Toby said, cutting her off. At any given moment, he would have prioritized her life over his

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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