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.

attempt to argue that she looked away and addressed the doctor in a

 

with a perfunctory nod. “President Fuller, could you

reluctant to follow

so he can examine it! How

made it harder for Sonia

He couldn’t suppress a

as before, she successfully lifted it up and propped it on the sofa. “You can

replied as he walked over to the sofa and crouched down, thereafter checking

to the side with his hand 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 his foot, all because

the latter as though saying icily, I can’t believe you have the nerve to laugh at me when you don’t even

mind, Tom felt the grin slide off his face. His lips gave a final twitch before he put on a straight face again, though his pride was definitely

Tom, Sonia kneeled down before Toby’s injured foot and asked the doctor worriedly,

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.

at Toby and flashed him a bright smile. “Did you hear that? The doctor

her with endearment as he

you for what you did earlier.” They had been downstairs, and she was just 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

pass her by, but to her surprise, the car had intended to

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

you as much as I do. I couldn’t just do nothing and watch you get hurt before my very

was there, he might never be able to forgive himself. He would spend the 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 of the pavement. If

the situation could have

to race, and she parted her lips to say, “Even then,

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

eyes widened, and she turned around to dab 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 choked out, “Toby, don’t you know how stupid it is for you to risk your life to save mine? Have you

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