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.

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

 

a perfunctory nod. “President Fuller, could you

frowned, seemingly reluctant

her lips at this and 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?”

gesture. However, this only made it harder for Sonia to lift his leg, and she reached out to tap him on the shoulder, hissing, “Hey, loosen

hearing this, Toby snapped out of his daze. He couldn’t suppress

was not quite as heavy and stiff as before, she successfully lifted it up and propped it on the sofa.

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

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 Sonia was staring at him like she would not hesitate to put him in

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

a 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 him when I’ve been a bachelor all my thirty years of life. I really ought to work on

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

kit. Shaking the aluminum bottle twice, he

she let out a sigh of relief and said, “Oh, thank goodness.” Then, she looked at Toby and flashed him a bright smile. “Did you hear that? The doctor said you’ll be fine in

endearment as

had been downstairs, and she was just about to get into the car when she heard the sound of an approaching vehicle, but she

her surprise, the

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

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

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

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

man’s subtle confession, Sonia felt her heart begin to race, and she parted her lips to say, “Even then, you shouldn’t have risked your life like that to save me. You could

said, cutting her off. At any given moment, he would have prioritized

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

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