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 white coat with a polite smile. “Please

 

a perfunctory nod. “President

frowned, seemingly reluctant to follow

leg up so he can examine it! How else do you expect him to go about this?” Without

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

this, Toby snapped out of his daze. He couldn’t suppress a smile as

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

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

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

Toby’s 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

to the wordless exchange between Toby and Tom, Sonia kneeled down before Toby’s injured foot and asked the doctor worriedly, “How’s his

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

heard this, 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

get into the car when she heard the sound of an approaching vehicle, but she did not

had thought that it would only pass her by, but to her surprise, the

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

as much as

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 she had been alone, then she would

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 present, he told himself firmly. This

parted her lips to say, “Even then, you

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

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

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