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This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 441

The Broken Arm

Sonia couldn’t stop crying. The corner of Toby’s mouth lifted into a very faint smile, and it, along with his pale face and dripping wet body, somehow made him look beautiful instead of wretched. He lifted his right hand and used his index finger to gently wipe the tears off her lower eyelids. Then, he said in a hoarse voice, “Don’t cry. You’re not pretty when you cry.”

When Sonia heard his words, she rolled her eyes at him. “We just came back from the dead, and you still care whether I look pretty or not?”

Toby put his hand down. “You’re right.”

“You bet I’m right.” Sonia lifted his body so that it was slightly straighter. “How did you sink to the bottom of the lake?”

Toby closed his eyes slightly. “When I fell, I was padding under you. As we were falling from a high place, the pressure of the water surface was very strong, so the moment I fell into the water, my head and back were as if they had hit a big rock, so I lost consciousness.”

So that was what happened.

“Then, are your head and back okay?” Sonia hurriedly looked toward the back of Toby’s head.

Toby shook his head gently. “I’m fine, just a little dizzy and a little nauseous.”

On top of that, the back of his back was also burning with pain. The whip wounds on his back were not fully healed yet because there were some scabs that had not fallen off, and now those areas had split open again. However, this was nothing compared to his left arm. To be precise, he couldn’t seem to feel the existence of his left arm.

Of course, Toby would not tell Sonia all this.

“Dizziness and nausea?” Hearing Toby’s condition at the moment, Sonia suddenly felt worried. Generally, someone would appear dizzy and nauseous when there was a serious impact on their head. Just like last time, she was hit on the head with a stick by Taylor Carey and got a concussion, and for a while afterward, she was dizzy and nauseous. So now, she was pretty sure that he probably had a concussion, and he must immediately seek medical attention, or else it would develop into a chronic headache in the future.

Thinking of this, Sonia had Toby sit down, and she herself at once stood up. “No, we cannot stay here and wait for people to come down to find us. You must immediately seek medical attention, and our clothes are also wet. It’s now so cold, so if we wait, we will get sick out here. We’ll leave here by marking our path and see if there are people living outside these woods. If there are, then we will be saved.”

After saying that, she bent down and tried to hold Toby’s arm. However, when she grabbed his left arm, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. His left arm was fragile, and the place where his shoulder was connected to his left arm was tilted at an awkward angle, which was obviously not normal at all.

Realizing this, Sonia had her face changed. She looked at Toby in shock, and her mouth opened, but it took her a while to find her voice.

“Y-Your arm…”

“It seems to be broken,” Toby smiled slightly and replied as if it was not his arm that was broken.

Trembling, Sonia staggered backward before stabilizing herself and said in a quivering voice, “B-Broken? Was it broken when we were on the cliff?”

She remembered that the moment the tree trunk broke on the cliff, he had looked a little out of place, and a lot of sweat had seeped out of the corners of his forehead at that time. But now that she thought about it, it was not because he couldn’t support their weight, but it was because his arm was in trouble.

When Toby heard Sonia’s question, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and his eyes flickered for a moment. However, he refused to answer. When Sonia saw him like this, she knew she was right. Biting her lip and clenching her hands, she asked, “Why? Why didn’t you tell me, Toby?”

Seeing her so emotional, Toby knew he could no longer be silent. “It’s not that I do not want to tell you, but at that time, we had fallen, and I also thought we would die, so naturally, there is no need to tell you about this.”

“Fine, but what about now? We survived, and I just asked you about your condition, but you only said you feel dizzy. You didn’t tell me you have a broken arm. If I hadn’t found out myself, are you just not going to tell me?” Sonia’s eyes were red as she stared at him in anger.

Looking like a guilty child who had just broken a vase, Toby moved to the side a little.

When Sonia saw the situation, she angrily crossed her arms. “Well, you really intend to do so, right? Toby, y-you make me mad!” She couldn’t help but stamp her foot.

Suddenly, she remembered that he was wounded because he was trying to save her, so she took a deep breath and hurried to suppress her anger before she asked, “Toby, tell me honestly. Are you injured anywhere else? Your back? I remember you just said that your head and back hit the water. Your head is injured, so your back must have been injured too, right?”

When Toby looked at Sonia’s wrath, he knew he couldn’t hide anything anymore, or when she found out later, it would only make her angrier, so he had to nod with his thin lips lightly pursed. “Mm.”

“Sure enough.” Sonia’s chest rose and fell violently. “Where else?”

Toby shook his head. “No more.”

“Really?” Sonia looked at him, obviously not believing him. It was not that she didn’t trust him, but he was someone who liked to keep problems to himself and not say anything. So there was no way for her to believe it.

Toby nodded. “There’s really nothing.”

“Good, I hope what you say is true. If afterward the doctors find that you have other injuries, Toby, don’t blame me for being upset with you.” With those words, she let go of his left arm and instead held his right arm, pulling him up from the ground.

“Can you stand ?” she asked again.

Toby nodded slightly. “Yes.”

Although his head was dizzy, he could still stand steadily.

“That’s good. Wait a moment.” She let go of his arm, then took off her short windbreaker jacket. Although he didn’t know what she was going to do, he didn’t stop her from taking it off. The clothes were wet anyway, so she was cold whether they were taken off or not. Under his suspicious gaze, she took two steps forward with the jacket, then picked up a sharp-edged stone and used the pointed part of the stone to rip the jacket apart.

Seeing this, Toby now knew what she was going to do, and the corners of his lips curled up in a happy arc. Soon, Sonia came back with a handful of cloth and a few small wooden sticks that she had picked up from the ground. “Our conditions are not good, so I can only fix your arm for now, and when we get out, we’ll have the doctor put your arm back together.”

“Mm.” Toby smiled and nodded.

Then, Sonia put the extra pieces of cloth on the ground first and only took some of the ones to be used, then started to fix Toby’s arm, while Toby just looked down at her all the time, his eyes gentle and loving. Naturally, Sonia felt the burning gaze coming from above her head but ignored it and concentrated on fixing him. After a few minutes, she tied a dead-end knot on his arm, and the fixing was done.

“How does it feel? Is it too tight?” Sonia asked as she took a step back and looked up at the man. Toby looked at his arm hanging from his chest, smiled, and shook his head. “No, the tighter, the better, so that the bones won’t slip out of place again.”

“I thought the same thing. That’s why I tied it a little tighter.” Sonia also followed suit and smiled a little.

Afterward, she picked up the fabric on the ground and wanted to say something again when she suddenly saw Toby’s tall body lurching toward her without warning.

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This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 442

Cave for Shelter From the Rain

Seeing this scene, Sonia instantly froze and then hurriedly caught Toby, stumbling backward before stabilizing herself in the process due to the added weight.

“Toby, what’s wrong?” Sonia asked after holding him up. But Toby did not respond, merely leaning on her shoulder with his eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

Sonia guessed that he had passed out because his head was badly injured, and he claimed to be dizzy, so it was only a matter of time before he fainted. Yet, Toby couldn’t walk on his own, so he had to rely on her to bring him out.

Taking a deep breath, Sonia turned around, then half-carried and half-dragged Toby forward. They were heading toward the south, where the woods were not as dense, so they should soon be able to get out of the woods. As soon as they got out of the woods, they should be able to find some people. While walking, Sonia turned her head to look at the man lying on her back. Her eyes were serious as she said, “Toby, I will definitely get you out of here.”

After saying that, she turned her head back and continued walking forward. For every few feet, she would drop a strip of cloth, leaving a mark for the people who came to find them. Originally, she intended to tie these strips of cloth to the branches of trees so that if there was any wind, there was no worry about them being blown away. However, she could only do that if Toby himself could walk. Now that Toby could not walk, she had to carry him, so naturally, she did not have the capacity to tie the strips of cloth. Hence, they could only be thrown on the ground, but she hoped they were not blown away by the wind later.

After a long time of walking, just when Sonia felt tired, lightning flashed across the sky suddenly. Sonia trembled with fear, then she stopped slightly and looked up at the sky. The sky had darkened as huge dark clouds cast shadows on the earth. Coupled with the continuous thunder, it brought a great sense of gloom.

It’s going to rain, and it’s a heavy one!

Realizing this, Sonia was seen with a troubled expression because if it was raining, they could not continue to move forward. When it was raining, it was very easy to fall while walking on a mountain road. Toby, at this moment, must definitely not risk a fall again. To make things worse, she could see the sky getting darker by the minute.

Although she didn’t know the exact time now, her phone and the electronic devices on her, such as her watch, were all taken off by Declan’s people the moment she was kidnapped and thrown away. As for Toby’s phone, she also guessed that it was not around as well. Otherwise, at the lake just now, Toby would have taken it out to contact Tom, and it was impossible for him not to do anything. Thus, it could only be either the phone was lost in the lake, or the phone had broken down after being in contact with water and could not be used. As for Toby’s watch, it was impossible for her to look at it now with him on her back, but she could roughly guess that it should be around 6.00 P.M. or 7.00 P.M. at this time.

It was dark, and it was beginning to drizzle, so it seemed like they really couldn’t go any further. They had to find a place to hide in the rain, or they definitely wouldn’t make it through tonight and would be frozen to death. She was cold because of the wet clothes on her, but with Toby lying on her back, she could still endure it. But Toby had no one to help him, so she could not imagine how cold Toby was feeling now. However, where in the world should they seek shelter from the rain for the night?

Sonia bit her lip and looked around. Fortunately, not far ahead, there was a cave. “Great!”

Seeing that cave, Sonia was greatly surprised, and her eyes instantly lit up with excitement and hope. “Toby, we have a place to shelter from the rain for the night!” Sonia turned her head, exclaimed to the man on her back, and then quickly brought him toward the cave.

Soon, they arrived at the cave. As soon as the two of them went inside, it began to pour outside. As Sonia listened to the sound of rain behind her, she sighed. She realized that they were really lucky because it did not rain this hard at the beginning, but only when they entered the cave. Thus, she felt that this was also considered God’s favor.

Piecing the puzzle together, she could not help but smile a little, but soon she realized that the cave had more than shelter to offer.

Oh my!

There was firewood, clothes, and pots and pans! There was also a pile of dry straw, as well as two somewhat old quilts.

How could there be these things here?

Could it be that this was a cave where homeless people lived? No, it could not be, for which tramp would live in the mountains where there was almost nothing for miles? Besides, in her impression, those who were homeless lived in messy and dirty places, and there would be many cardboard and plastic bottles as they would collect those to sell for money. However, it was not so here. The cave was very dry, and there was no garbage. Although the quilts looked a little old, they were definitely not dirty. So the owner of these things should not be a homeless person, but as for who they were exactly, Sonia also did not bother to think about it.

All she wanted to do now was simply to unload Toby and then check how the injury on Toby’s back was. Therefore, she dragged Toby to the pile of straw. The straw was very flat and evenly spread, so it was probably where the people who lived here slept. After placing Toby on the straw and stretching her own sore neck and body a little, Sonia went to look for tools to make a fire. Since it was so cold, she had to make a fire to keep warm, or the night would be too torturous. Their wet clothes must also be dried, or they would be sick if they wore them any longer.

While looking for tools to start a fire, Sonia found a faint layer of dust on the quilts, as well as on the pots and pans in the corner. She reached out and wiped it, then took advantage of the last bit of sky that had not yet gone completely dark and looked at the dust on her fingers. Finally, she smiled. “Great.”

Then, she blew the ash off her fingers. Now, she could be sure that the people who originally lived in this cave had not come to stay for some time, as the dust was proof. This made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Phew! It’s good to know that no one lives here currently.

Initially, she was actually worried that if someone did live here, that person would come back later and kick them out. At the same time, she was afraid that the person living here was some kind of wanted fugitive, which would be even more frightening. However, now that no one was there, she was relieved.

Soon, Sonia found a lighter and then went to carry a pile of firewood to a place where there were signs of a previous fire to light the fire. The firewood was dry and was easily ignited, and in no time, the fire was roaring. Sonia had put a lot of firewood into the fire, so it burned very brightly, and the light illuminated the entire cave. With that, the cold cave had a little more warmth and felt less intimidating.

Next, Sonia blew the dust off her hands and stood up, left the fire, and went next to the quilt, then picked up the two sets of clothes next to it, ready to change for herself and Toby. After all, they could not always wear wet clothes as it would bring them a fever. The two pieces of garments were camouflage clothing, and they were different sizes. From the sizing, they looked to be a male and a female. So, the original occupants living in this cave were two people?

Without thinking much, Sonia picked up the larger camouflage uniform and unfolded it. Seeing the label sewn on the left breast pocket of the clothes, she became even happier. “It was a forest ranger who lived here,” Sonia murmured.

It turned out that the ones living here were not vagrants, let alone fugitives, but two rangers instead. Thus, she was more relieved because then, even if the people living here came back, she didn’t have to worry about any danger nor being kicked out.

With that, Sonia returned to Toby with the camouflage clothes. She sat down and first reached out to touch Toby’s forehead to see if he had a fever. She was relieved to notice that his temperature felt normal, and then she began to help him get changed.

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Toby Wakes Up

At this moment, Sonia couldn’t be bothered about helping a man like Toby get changed.

She simply reached out her hands toward the clothes on Toby’s body and took off the blazer on him. But when she took off the blazer, she was shocked by the sight in front of her and couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air. She saw that the back of Toby’s white shirt was completely stained with blood. However, after being soaked in lake water, the originally bright red blood had now become a pale shade of pink.

“Oh, God!” Sonia subconsciously covered her mouth, trembling. How could so much blood be shed?

She had thought that his back was just battered and bruised. However, she didn’t expect that he had actually bled out! Very quickly, she remembered that he had been whipped by Rose not long ago, so the whip wounds should not be fully healed yet. Thus, it was possible that the wounds had reopened.55229

Taking a deep breath, she tried to calm herself down, then reached out again and carefully took off Toby’s shirt. This time, Sonia finally saw the skin on Toby’s back.

What kind of back is this!

There was not a scrap of intact skin on his whole back. It was full of twisted, centipede-like scars; some scars were fine, while others had split open, and the flesh underneath had revealed itself. There was fresh blood constantly oozing out of the flesh, making for a horrifying sight.

Sonia was trembling as she held Toby’s shirt open, and her eyes were red as she looked at Toby’s pale face. Her mouth opened, but she was unable to say anything. Human pain tolerance was limited, and if it was she who was this badly injured, she would have screamed out in pain. However, Toby had not screamed despite having a concussion, a broken arm, and wounds that had split open again.

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Sonia reached out and touched a raised scar on Toby’s back, her heart suddenly clogged with some indescribable emotions. Sniffling, she took her hand away, then quickly got up and went over to the dishes. She remembered that she had just seen a medical kit there. Sure enough, she was right: there was really a medical kit there. She smiled a little, thanking God for giving them a cave stocked with all kinds of necessities to take shelter from the rain.

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Soon, she took the medical kit back to Toby and opened it. Rummaging through the medicine inside, she found that there was not only common anti-inflammatory medicine, bandages, and the like, but even animal medicine. She guessed that when the forest rangers lived here, they occasionally saved some small animals and used those medicines. Sonia didn’t care much about animal medicine, and after finding the correct medication and bandages that Toby could use later, she gently patted Toby’s face. “Toby, can you hear me?”

Toby frowned but quickly fell back into unconsciousness. Seeing that, Sonia sighed. It seems that he could not hear me. Forget it, I’ll do it myself.

She used scissors to cut out a long bandage, then wrapped it into strips. Next, she reached out and pinched Toby’s cheek, forcing him to open his mouth. After that, she put the strips of bandage horizontally into his mouth. In this way, when disinfecting and medicating him later, there was no worry that he would bite his tongue out of pain. After doing this, she began to apply the medicine. She first stopped Toby’s bleeding, and only when she didn’t see any more blood coming out did she start disinfecting.

During this period, Toby’s body was trembling slightly in pain, and his face was sweating, while his eyebrows were fiercely furrowed. His eyes moved under his eyelids, but he just couldn’t wake up. Finally, after 10 minutes, Sonia applied the medication and bandaged him up, then began to change him into dry camouflage clothes.

When Sonia carefully tucked his two arms into his sleeves and was about to turn him over and button his front, she suddenly saw that there was actually a faint scar on his left chest. The scar was almost 10 centimeters long. If she was not looking carefully, she would have missed it. Moreover, that scar was also clearly sewn up before. There was only one type of scar that could be sewn, and that was a surgical scar.

So, Toby had open-heart surgery? When did this happen? Why have I never heard of it?

During her six years of marriage to him, he had never done any surgery, and it was impossible for him to do so in these months because this scar looked some years old. Thus, it was inferred from this that Toby should have undergone it six years ago. Just what was his illness for him to undergo open-heart surgery?

Sonia touched the scar on Toby’s chest, her eyes full of doubts. She suddenly found that she actually did not know Toby as well as she thought she did. At least she didn’t understand why he had this scar on his chest.

Let’s wait for him to wake up and then ask him about it.

Thinking about this, Sonia buttoned him up, then turned him back over again, held the quilt aside, and unfolded it, covering him up.

“Get a good night’s sleep. I’ll definitely get you out of here tomorrow.” Sonia looked at Toby’s pale, handsome face and spoke with guilt in her eyes. She was filled with guilt because, after all, he was hurt because of her.

Touching Toby’s naturally air-dried hair, Sonia felt envious.

Having short hair is amazing. It dries so quickly.

Her own hair was still wet and stuck to her scalp, and it felt heavy, cold, and uncomfortable. She got up, walked to the side, then changed into the set of ladies’ camouflage uniform. Next, she picked up both their wet clothes and took them to the fire. With a wooden stick, she placed the clothes near the fire, intending to dry them. In the process of roasting the clothes, Sonia’s stomach suddenly rumbled. Only then did she suddenly realize that she hadn’t eaten anything for a day.

“I’m so hungry!” Sonia touched her stomach and couldn’t help but mutter, then looked toward the pile of pots and pans. She hadn’t gone through them carefully yet, so she didn’t know if there would be any food there. Thinking about this, Sonia put down the small wooden stick in her hand, then got up and walked toward the pots.

After a careful search, she found a few bags of vacuum-packed cookies, as well as a few bottles of mineral water. Seeing this, Sonia almost cried from happiness. She hurriedly tore open a bag of cookies, unscrewed a bottle of mineral water, and ran back to the fire to eat. This kind of dry cookie would not expire for years, so she did not have to worry about eating expired food.

Just when Sonia was halfway through eating, a coughing sound suddenly came from behind her. When Sonia heard it, she quickly frowned and swallowed the dry cookie, and turned her head to look. Seeing that Toby had stretched his body a bit, she quickly put down the water and cookies and ran over to him.

“Toby!”

Hearing her voice, Toby opened his eyes and met her nervous and concerned eyes. His voice was hoarse and weak as he called out, “Sonia.”

“I’m here.” Sonia nodded.

Toby propped up his body, but as he had little strength and he had only one movable arm, he almost fell back down. Seeing this, Sonia hurriedly went over to help him. “Don’t move. Do you want to sit up? I’ll help you.”

After saying that, she helped him up and then turned to sit down. Toby was about to thank her when he suddenly saw the somewhat ill-fitting camouflage uniform on him and the somewhat old quilt.

At that moment, he could not help but freeze.

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Full of Scars

Subsequently, Toby looked around and noticed the cave and the supplies in it. What is going on?

“Where did these come from?” Toby asked as he lifted the quilt from his body.

Sonia sat down and explained, “From the cave itself.”

“From the cave?” Toby raised his eyebrows, obviously surprised by this answer.

Sonia nodded. “Yes, I carried you out of the forest to see if there’s anyone living outside. As long as there is someone living around here, we would be saved, but before we could leave, it began to rain. Then I found this cave and brought you in to take shelter from the rain. After I came in, I found these things.”

“I see.” Toby nodded, then frowned and said, “Could this cave be where wanted fugitives live?”

Some prisoners who were wanted for being on the run liked to hide in the deep mountains and forests. Thus, with the presence of daily necessities in a cave, it was hard not to see it in a negative light.

“No.” Sonia shook her head. “At first, I also doubted if it was a fugitive living here, but later I found this.”

She pointed to the left breast pocket of the camouflage uniform she was wearing. Toby lowered his eyes to look, and when he saw the label, he immediately felt relieved. “It’s good that it was a ranger.”

He did hear that some rangers would build some grass huts or wooden huts on the mountains so that when the patrol was late, there was a place for them to stay in the mountain. So, it made sense that this cave would be used by the rangers.

“Yeah, that’s why I’m comfortable taking you here for the night.” Sonia smiled. “Speaking of which, we should thank these two rangers. They left clothes and quilts here, and most importantly, they also left a medical kit and food. Otherwise, even if we have a fire tonight, it would be difficult to survive.”

Suddenly, she remembered something and looked at the man’s pale handsome face. “Right, President Fuller, how is your head now? Are your arms and back still hurting badly?”

Toby laughed lightly and said, “My head is still a little dizzy, while I don’t really feel much of my arm. My back doesn’t hurt as much as it did at first. You gave me medicine, right?”

Recalling that she said there was a medical kit, he concluded that she had likely applied the medication on his wounds. As he had anticipated, she nodded. “Yes, the wounds on your back were split open, so without medicine, they would become inflamed, and you would also get a fever. So, I gave the medicine to you.”

“Thanks.” Toby looked at her, but she waved her hand at him. “You don’t need to thank me, as it’s me who should thank you. You suffered because of me.”

“I volunteered, so you don’t have to take it to heart.” Toby comforted her.

Sonia took a deep breath and replied, “Okay, President Fuller, let’s not talk about that. Are you hungry?”

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Toby nodded slightly. “A little.”

“Wait a moment.” She got up, went to the place where she had taken the cookies and mineral water just now, and brought a bag of cookies and a bottle of mineral water back.

“There is only an emergency food supply, so you will have to make do,” Sonia said while tearing open the package for him and unscrewing the screw cap.

At that moment, Toby couldn’t help but look at her with eyes full of tenderness. “It’s okay. In this situation, it’s already good to have food.”

“Yes.” Sonia nodded in agreement. “So, we should thank the rangers who left the food here, but I don’t have my phone nor wallet on me, and I don’t know how to—”0

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“The wallet in my pocket should still be there,” Toby said, pointing to the pants by the fire.

Looking in the direction he pointed, she didn’t think twice before commenting, “No wonder I felt something when I took off your pants just now. It should be the wallet.”0

Toby raised his eyebrows. “Took off my pants?”

Sonia met his deep gaze, and only then did she realize what she had said. Blushing with embarrassment, she replied, “W-Well, you fainted, so I needed to help you change into a set of dry clothes. But don’t worry! I did not do anything to you, and I did not look more than I should either.”

“Is that so?” Toby looked at her with a smirk, and Sonia met his smiling eyes, which caused her face to redden even more. Then she guiltily looked away. “O-Of course, it’s true.”

Indeed, she did not do anything to him and could not do anything to him. It was just that she had seen what she shouldn’t see.

“Okay, I believe you.”

Seeing the woman’s face so red, Toby laughed and stopped teasing her. Otherwise, what if she becomes annoyed later?

“Oh, right.” Sonia turned her head back. “What’s with the surgery scar on your chest?”

When Toby, who was drinking water, heard her question, his movements paused for a moment. However, soon, he returned to his normal self and put down the water bottle. “Had a heart replacement surgery.”

“Heart replacement?” Sonia exclaimed, her eyes widening in shock. What she could think of was that it must be heart-related, such as a heart bypass or mending a hole in the heart. However, she never thought that it would be a heart replacement. This meant that the heart that was in Toby’s chest at the moment was not his own, but someone else’s.

“How could it be a heart replacement?” Sonia looked at the man in surprise.

The man took a bite of a cookie and chewed slowly and methodically. “I have congenital heart disease; there have been holes in my original heart since childhood. They were the kind that cannot be filled, so when I was born, the doctor concluded that I would not live to be 20 years old, but because the Fuller Family had money and poured everything into my treatment, I lived until I was 24 years old before I had a heart replacement surgery.”

“24 years old…” Sonia opened her mouth wide. “Isn’t that six years ago?”

“Mm.” Toby nodded, then met her eyes. “Six years ago, I wrote a letter and asked you to meet, just to tell you that I’m in love with you. You agreed to meet up and even called me, asking me on which day to meet, and then I gave the answer one month later.”

“I know,” Sonia replied.

Toby swallowed the cookie in his mouth. “The day you called me was the day of my surgery. The reason why I made an appointment to meet a month later was that I was able to get out of the hospital bed only a month after the heart replacement surgery.”

“So that’s how it was.” The tip of Sonia’s nose burned slightly when she understood everything. No wonder his voice that she heard that day was so weak and breathless. It turned out that he was sick and had to undergo surgery. Otherwise, she would have been able to recognize that he was the one she had always loved, the gentle person who loved to smile and wear white shirts. Unfortunately, all that had passed.

Taking a deep breath, Sonia suppressed her sadness inside, then smiled and asked, “I remember that congenital heart disease is inherited, so whose disease did you inherit?”

“My mother,” Toby replied. Then, he thought of something and added, “Not Jean. Jean is not my biological mother. She’s my stepmother. My disease was inherited from my biological mother.”

“I know Jean is your stepmother because Grandma said it before.”

Hearing his words, Sonia was not the least bit surprised.

“However, I’ve always been curious why Jean would treat you so well. She doesn’t look like someone who would be a good stepmother either.” Sonia was curious.

Toby smiled. “Indeed. She is snobbish and vulgar, and she is also a calculating and unforgiving person. So, how would she look like a good stepmother? She should be a vicious stepmother, but she is not really a bad person. She’s good to me because she feels guilty.”

“Guilt?” Sonia raised her eyebrow. “Could it be that she’s the homewrecker between your parents? Is that why she feels guilty about destroying your family? However, something’s not right. If that’s the case, with your character, you would definitely not be able to spare her. How could you see her as your own mother?”

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“Jean was indeed the homewrecker of my family,” Toby said as he rubbed his brow.

Sonia’s eyes widened, “What? She really is?”

“Yeah.”

“Then why do you still treat her so—”

“She was not a homewrecker in the conventional sense and did not destroy my parents’ relationship. My parents did not love each other. Their marriage was a business one, and it was only out of responsibility that they gave birth to me. After I was born, my parents separated, and after that, my father met Jean and fell in love with her.” Toby leaned back and rested on the stone wall.

Sonia nodded in a dazed manner. “I see.” His parents actually did not love each other. This is my first time hearing this.

“What about after that? When your father was with Jean, wasn’t your mother angry?” Sonia looked at him and asked again. Even if his mother didn’t love his father, that man was still her husband. Especially when you’re his legal wife, it’s impossible not to care if your husband has a mistress, right?

However, Toby shook his head. “She was not angry. My mother was happy to see my father fall in love with Jean.”

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Sonia nodded. “Indeed. If it were me, I certainly would not be so generous.”

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“And then what?” Sonia leaned forward, propped her elbows on her thighs and her chin on her hands, then just looked at him with the look of a listener. That said, it also seemed like she had never, ever spoken to him so calmly.

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“Then, just the night before my mother went to my grandmother, she committed suicide because of something.” When Toby said this, his hand holding the cookie tightened up fiercely and caused the plastic packaging to crumple with an ear-splitting sound.

Sonia was so shocked that her mouth fell open. “Committed suicide?”

Ever since she learned that Jean was not his birth mother, she guessed that his birth mother was no longer around. However, it never occurred to her that it was actually a suicide.

“Mm.” Toby lowered his eyes so that no one could see the look in his eyes.

“Is it related to Jean?” Sonia asked.

Toby shook his head. “It had nothing to do with her; she didn’t even know that my mother actually approved of her being with my father, and that’s why after my mother died, Jean always blamed herself, thinking that it was her presence that disturbed my mother’s life and caused her to commit suicide. Therefore, she always felt guilty about my mother, and that’s why she treats me as her own child. Even when she was pregnant with Tyler, she intended to abort him, and I was the one who stopped her.”

“I understand. After hearing you say this, I have changed my mind about Jean.” Sonia raised her eyebrows.

Toby laughed lightly. “Although she has many problems and is absolutely not a perfect person, she is not a bad person either.”

Sonia did not deny this. In fact, in the six years of living with the Fuller Family, Jean was venomous with her words, but she did not make any actual move against her either. It was only after the divorce from Toby that Jean came to her house a few times and made a move against her.

“Aren’t you eating anymore?” Seeing Toby suddenly put down the cookies, Sonia opened her mouth and asked.

Toby nodded. “I’m quite full now. I want to sleep some more as my head is still dizzy.”

“Okay, then you go ahead and sleep.” Sonia helped him lie down and covered him with the quilt.

Toby looked at her. “What about you?”

“I’ll sleep later. My hairi dry yet.” Sonia pointed to her own ir.

Toby nodded slig}ðd closed his eyes. Then, Sonia up, t back to the fire, added some more firewood, and then sat down t ue drying her hair. Almost half u tò%er hair was dry while she began to yawn.

Thi ad been too frightening

She had cheated death an state of tension since morning. Now that she was relaxed, her body and mind were exhausted.

Rubbing here a w e alf-closed, she again added firewo to ensure that the fire would not go out in the middle of the night thé ard Toby with another quilt. Next, sh down almost two feet away from Toby. After all, the part of the nd w straw was not massive, so she eep closer to Toby to avoid the icy stone ground. Even if there s e freezing ground would definitel Id enough to make her shiver throughout the night, so she could only Ii n next to Toby.

In any case, they had a piece of quilt each, so they were not exactly sleeping together. The quilt had a musty smell that was a little unpleasant, so Sonia, who wasn’t used to such a quilt, felt a little uncomfortable. However, this was the only choice at the moment, so she could only get used to it even if she felt uncomfortable.

Thus, Sonia took a deep breath, tried to make herself ignore the smell, and closed her eyes. As she was too tired, even if the smell was unpleasant, she fell asleep in no time, and her breathing became lengthy and calm.

At this time, the man beside her suddenly opened his eyes. There was no trace of sleep in Toby’s eyes at all, and obviously, he had not really been asleep before but was pretending to be asleep instead.

Toby’s gaze fell on Sonia’s face. While looking at her quiet, sleeping face, he propped up his body with one hand and then moved toward her. In order not to wake her up, he moved carefully and stealthily. While moving, he also stared at her face to see if she was awake. When he finally reached her, she was not awake, and only then was he pleased to lie down again. Then, he stretched out his arms and put his arms around Sonia through the quilt before he closed his eyes again. The next day, when Sonia woke up, it was no longer raining outside. When she opened her eyes, she saw that the ceiling above her head was not the familiar bedroom ceiling but a stone ceiling instead. She was startled awake by that and exclaimed, “What’s going on?”

How could I be here?

She subconsciously sat up, and then the memory of why she was here instantly came to her mind. Only then did she suddenly realize what had happened yesterday. She couldn’t help but rub her temples to calm herself down. She was so dazed from sleep that she actually forgot how she appeared here with Toby yesterday.

Thinking about Toby, she hurriedly looked toward her right to see how he was doing. As a result, when she saw Toby sleeping right beside her, she couldn’t help but freeze.

What happened? How could he be sleeping so close beside me?

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Sonia blinked in a daze.

She remembered she had deliberately stayed 2 feet away from Toby when she went to bed last night.

Could it be that he woke up in the middle of the night and leaned over?

At that thought, Sonia quickly scratched that idea out of her head because Toby had slept earlier than her. Besides that, his posture had not changed since last night, so she reckoned Toby had not woken up in the middle of the night.

Since Toby had not woken up, there was only one answer as to why they were leaning so close to each other—she had been restless and rolled over to Toby!

At once, Sonia was flushed with awkwardness at this thought as she had not expected herself to be this restless while sleeping.

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Nonetheless, she quickly composed herself.

No one saw me rolling over anyway. Toby won’t know about it as long as I don’t bring it up!

With that, Sonia stretched before lifting the blanket and walking to the bonfire.

The fire had gone out as all the firewood had been burnt. However, the remains were still hot, so Sonia reckoned the fire had just gone out not too long ago.

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“I wonder what time it is now,” Sonia murmured while glancing toward the sunlight at the cave entrance.

The next second, she recalled Toby had a watch, so she quickly put down the clothes, walked over to Toby and squatted down to check the time. However, before she could reach out to his hand, she realized Toby was looking unwell.0

Why is his face so red? His breathing is rapid and heavy too. These are obviously signs of a fever!

Panic-stricken, Sonia quickly reached out her hand to feel Toby’s forehead. “He’s burning up!”

Frowning, she quickly Last night when she treating his wound, she had specially sterilized the wound properly as she was worried that Toby Nonethelessed back her hand and looked at Toby with a serious expression. would get any , which would lead to a fever. he still got a fever although the wound had been treated. Sonia reckoned the cause of his fever was not due to the wound, but because he was continuously wearing drenched clothes for quite some time after carrying him on her back. falling into the water. In addition, he was exposed to the cold wind when Sonia was “I have to think of a way to fever from the first-aid kit last night.

VE make the fever go away.” Sonia bit her lip and quickly got up to look for medicines to treat the Upornets and a stable medicine, she went back to taste and oppo supported him to sit up by leaning against her shoulder. She opened his mouth and put a tablet into it. Then, tablet. The closed his mouth and lifted his chin, hoping to make him swallow the However, Toby had already lost his consciousness, so he couldn’t swallow anything at all. As such, the tablet still remained in Toby’s mouth no matter how hard Sonia tried.

Just as Sonia was at her wits’ end, her eyes lit up all of a sudden as she had an idea. It was an awkward solution and she would rather not do so if she had a choice, but in order to make Toby’s fever go away, this was her last resort. Sonia stared at Toby’s handsome face for a few seconds. Toward the end, she inhaled deeply, opened his mouth once again, and lowered her head to kiss him. She used her tongue to push the tablet toward Toby’s throat. When she felt the tablet had reached Toby’s throat, Sonia lifted her head, opened the water bottle next to her and poured some water into her mouth. Then, she pressed her lips against Toby’s once again to send the water slowly into his mouth. It was only after seeing the white tablet being washed down by the water did Sonia heave a sigh of relief. “Thank God it finally went down.” Sonia smiled happily and closed the water bottle.

However, she did not stop worrying because she wasn’t sure if the medicine would work and make Toby’s fever go away.

Because of that, she felt that they shouldn’t continue staying in the cave and wait for Toby’s men to find them because it was uncertain how long more it would take before Toby’s men found them. Of course, it would be desirable for the team to find them soon, but if they took longer than expected, Toby might get brain damage from the fever.

Thus, she decided that she had to carry Toby and continue to find a way out.

At this thought, Sonia quickly put down the water bottle and walked to the spot where she left the clothes just now. She then took up Toby’s pants, found his wallet from the pocket, and took out all the cash inside, which was a huge stack. Thereafter, she put the money into the first aid kit as a token of appreciation to the rangers for leaving so many resources in the cave. If it weren’t for them, she and Toby could have frozen to death last night.

After that, Sonia carried Toby on her back and walked out of the cave without even changing because they couldn’t waste any more time. Toby had to receive treatment as soon as possible, so Sonia would rather forgo the clothes.

Since the trail was slippery after the rain, Sonia walked very cautiously as she was afraid she might slip and hurt both of them. As such, she had to use even more energy than yesterday.

After quite some time, Sonia finally walked out of the forest with Toby on her back.

Exhausted and drenched in sweat, Sonia was about to reach her limit when a two-story hut came into her sight, which was like a life-saving straw to them. Seeing the hut, Sonia mustered her last ounce of strength as she gritted her teeth and carried Toby toward the hut.

As soon as they reached the hut’s yard, a middle-aged woman walked out of the house with a bucket in her hand. She was startled to see Sonia, who looked no more than a drowned rat. “Y-You guys…”

“Please…” Sonia parted her dry lips but blacked out before she could even finish her sentence.

With a thud, she slumped onto the ground together with Toby.

Before completely losing her consciousness, she indistinctly saw the middle-aged woman drop the bucket in a panic and run toward Toby and her. “Hubby, come out quick! Someone collapsed outside!” I guess we’re saved… Sonia passed out peacefully. It was already the next day when she woke up. Sonia opened her eyes to see a white ceiling. Detecting a faint odor of disinfectant in the air, she knew she was in the hospital. In addition, she was even more certain that she was at First World Hospital seeing the familiar setup of the ward. Wait, why am I at First World Hospital? Did Toby’s men find Rubbing her heavy head, Sonia supported herself a she wanted to sit up. However, her expression changed just as she lifted her body slightly. “Ouch… Ouch…” Sonia quickly lay down again as she felt extremely unwell. What’s going on? Why is my back hurting so badly as if it’s breaking? “Oh, darling!” While Sonia was carefully adjusting her posture to prevent hurting her back, someone flung the ward door open out of the blue and rushed up to her bed. Concern spread across his handsome face. “You’ve finally regained consciousness, darling! Thank God! I was worried sick!” Saying that, Charles lowered his body suddenly and hugged Sonia. With his eyes red-rimmed, he almost cried. “Not only was I worried, but I was also scared to death upon knowing you fell off the cliff. I’ve not slept for two days and am extremely haggard. You have to be responsible for that, darling.” Hearing Charles’ trembling voice which was filled with worry, Sonia knew her accident had indeed frightened him, so she lifted her hand and patted his back. “I’m sorry for making you worry, Charles. I promise this will never happen again.” “Of course, it must not happen again.” Charles let go of Sonia and glared at her with his big eyes.

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Sonia quickly shook her head. “This won’t happen again. I promise!”

“That’s more like it.” It was only then that Charles snorted and let go of her.

Right after, Sonia lifted her hands to rub her temples and asked, “How long have I been in a coma, Charles?”

“Two days,” Charles answered.

Sonia opened her mouth in shock. “Two days? I was in a coma for two days?”

“Yeah.” Charles nodded. “Tim said you were overfatigued. That’s why you slept for so long.”

“I see.” Sonia lifted her chin with a confused expression and asked, “How did I return to Seafield then?”

All she could recall was that she fainted in a hut’s yard, and she was not aware of the subsequent happenings.

“Both you and Toby were brought back by Tom, Toby’s personal assistant. Tom called me that day to inform me about the incident, so I rushed to the hospital and saw you and Toby being sent to the emergency room as soon as I reached. Thereafter, I asked Tom what exactly had happened. He told me that you were abducted and fell off the cliff while Toby jumped down the cliff together with you in order to save you. My heart almost stopped beating when I heard this,” Charles patted his chest and replied honestly.

Hearing Toby’s name, Sonia widened her eyes and asked anxiously, “What about Toby? Where is he now?”

Charles’ heart turned sour the moment he saw Sonia being so concerned about Toby.

But he soon thought that Sonia was able to survive thanks to Toby, so he could only suppress his discomfort and replied frankly, “Calm down, darling. Toby’s in this hospital too—his ward is right next to yours.”

“How’s his situation now?” Sonia grabbed Charles’ arm and asked again.

Charles’ expression became solemn. “Not too pleasant. His injuries are too serious—not only are his arms broken, but the wound on his back has torn apart too, and his organs are injured to a certain extent. He also suffered a concussion besides the fever. To make a long story short, his situation is very serious.”

In fact, even Charles was shocked when he became aware of Toby’s situation.

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“That’s very serious…” Sonia bit her bottom lip and asked, “So is he still in critical condition?”

Charles shook his head. “Not exactly. His condition is stable now, and his arms have been reattached. He just hasn’t regained consciousness yet.”

It was only after hearing that Sonia heaved a sigh of relief. “Glad to know that. Thank God his condition isn’t critical anymore. Please help me to get up, Charles.”

She reached her hand toward Charles while the latter helped her to get up.

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Charles wanted to tell Sonia not to be bothered about Toby, but after this incident, he wasn’t able to bring himself to say such things anymore. He parted his lips and sighed toward the end. “Okay, be careful and don’t rush. He’s not going to run away.”

With that, Charles reached out his hand to help Sonia.

The two then walked out of the ward and headed to the next door.

At the ward next door, the ward door was already wide open. Standing at the entrance, Sonia saw Tim standing beside the bed while writing notes on the medical report in his hand. At the same time, he was saying something to Tom while the latter nodded from time to time.

On the other hand, Toby was lying on the bed. His face was pale again as the redness had faded, so Sonia could tell that his fever had gone away.

She lifted her hand to knock on the door.

Hearing the sound, Tim stopped writing notes and turned his head toward the entrance together with Tom.

Tim pushed his glasses when he saw her. “Sonia, you’re awake?”

Sonia hummed in response.

After that, she could feel a blaming gaze land upon her—it was from Tom.

Sonia was startled because she had never seen Tom stare at her in such a way. His gaze was filled with dissatisfaction, anger and displeasure.

At first, she didn’t understand why Tom would give her attitude, but she soon realized the reason. It must be because of Toby.

Tom had been Toby’s assistant for more than ten years. Although their relationship was just superior and subordinate, in reality, they were actually friends too.

She had caused Toby to suffer such serious injuries, so it was natural for Tom to be resentful toward her.

Sonia smiled ruefully and asked softly, “May I come in?”

“Sure,” Tim agreed.

And so, Charles helped Sonia to walk in.

Tim looked at Sonia and asked, “Do you still feel any pain?”

Sonia shook her head. “Nothing much besides the pain in my back.”

“That’s normal. You’ve strained your back muscle and it will take at least half a month to recover,” Tim said while closing the file in his hand.

Hearing that, Sonia smiled. “It’s okay. My pain is nothing compared to his.”

“You bet.” Tim nodded.

Sonia looked toward Toby, who was lying on the bed. “He…”

Tim seemed to know what Sonia wanted to ask. Securing the file under his arm, he then put both hands into the pocket of his white coat and said, “There’s nothing serious about him now. It’s just—”

“Dr. Lancaster!” Tom interrupted him out of the blue with a solemn look.

Being reminded of something, Tim shrugged and said, “I’m sorry. He asked me to keep it from you.”

Seeing Tim’s helplessness, Sonia could only look toward Tom and say, “Tom, please tell me what’s wrong with Toby.”

Toby was lying there because of her. If he really suffered any issues, Sonia would not be able to have a peace of mind for the rest of her life.

“It shouldn’t be within your concern whether or not there are any issues with President Fuller.” Tom looked at Sonia and continued coldly, “Miss Reed, you don’t like President Fuller anyway. Why do you have to ask these questions? What can you do for President Fuller even if you know the answer? You might as well remain unconcerned for President Fuller just like how you’ve always been. Don’t you think it’s very hypocritical to become so concerned for President Fuller at this moment?”

While Sonia was stunned, Charles was enraged. “Tom, what’s that supposed to mean?!”

“Did I say anything wrong?” Tom sneered while looking at Charles. “President Fuller has not suffered less for the sake of Miss Reed, but what was Miss Reed’s behavior back then? She remained indifferent and pretended to not see his sacrifices. So who would care if she’s concerned for President Fuller now?”

At this moment, Tom was very dissatisfied with Sonia.

Although he knew rationally that it was Toby who jumped down the cliff on his own will and that he shouldn’t blame Sonia for Toby’s injuries, he just couldn’t accept it emotionally.

How can Sonia do this to Toby? Even if Toby has done her wrong during the six years of marriage, she shouldn’t make him risk his life to make up for it. Besides, how ridiculous it is to finally receive her concern only after risking his life!

Hearing Tom’s words, Charles was so irritated that he started laughing. “Sure. Since you don’t care about it, let’s go, darling. Did you hear that? His subordinate said they don’t care, so let’s—”

“Enough, Charles.” Sonia grabbed Charles’ arm and lowered her eyes. “Tom is right,” she mumbled bitterly.

“How is he right?!” Charles widened his eyes.

Sonia parted her lips and was about to say something, but Tim, who had remained silent all this while, spoke up. “That’s enough. We’re in the ward, so please don’t start a dispute here. Also…”

He looked toward Tom with a cold glare. “Sonia is under my protection, and you have no right to pick on her. I’ll let you off this time since Toby has saved her. If this happens again, don’t be surprised if I do something to your boss.”

“You…” Tom widened his eyes in disbelief. Thereafter, he snorted furiously and turned away.

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At this moment, Sonia pursed her pale lips and looked at him, obviously dissatisfied. “Dr. Lancaster, you can’t do that.”

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“Really?” With her eyes squinted, she didn’t hide her suspicion.

This so-called doctor was a devil in disguise. Back when he thought Tina was her, he had even killed someone for her.

Thus, it made sense that she’d think he was both capable and daring to do something to Toby.

“That’s for sure. I’d let anyone down but you.” Giving a pat on her shoulder, he added, “Alright. You can go take a look at him if you want. I’ll head out first.”

After saying that, he retracted his hand and tucked it back into his pocket before leaving the ward.

Looking at Toby, she said, “Charles, Mr. Brown, you can leave first too. I’d like to stay with him alone for a while.”

Though Tom was frowning, he didn’t refuse, and he left.

However, Charles didn’t budge. “Baby, he’s not awake yet. Why do you want to be alone with him? He isn’t able to see or hear you.”

“I know, but I know what I’m doing. Just go along, Charles.” She turned to look at him and insisted.

Left with no choice, Charles could only obey and leave.

Outside the ward, he was about to find Tom to have a chat about something, but his phone rang.

After taking out his phone, he saw that it was a call from Carl.

As Tom was standing right next to Charles, he could easily see what was displayed on his phone––a call from Carl. At once, he scoffed. “The culprit has finally decided to come forward. And here I thought that he’d be hiding out of fear after learning what he did to President Fuller and Miss Reed.”

Three days ago, it was the day that Toby and Sonia fell off the cliff.

After that happened, he was busy looking for a rescue team to search the foot of the mountain.

However, Carl had suddenly gone missing as if he vanished into thin air. Even after he had found Toby and Sonia, Carl was nowhere to be seen.

Hence, Tom figured that he didn’t have to know what Carl had been off to since he assumed that Carl had gone into hiding after causing trouble.

At this moment, Charles glared at Tom. Though he didn’t like the way Tom put it, Charles couldn’t bring himself to refute that claim.

The reason was simply because Carl had really hadn’t made an appearance after Sonia and Toby’s accident.

Giving his temples a rub, Charles picked up the call.

“Sonia has woken up, hasn’t she?” Carl’s hoarse voice came forth from the phone’s speaker and it had an indescribable spookiness to it.

It made Charles feel uneasy. Though he felt that Carl had changed, he couldn’t quite pinpoint the difference. With that, he then nodded as he replied, “Yes.”

“That’s good to hear.” Carl’s voice sounded again.

Charles then pursed his lips before asking, “Carl, tell me truthfully. After Toby and my baby fell off the cliff, where did you go? Why didn’t you help look for them with Tom and the others? Also, why have you not shown up these past two days?”

On the other end of the line was Carl sitting in a pitch-black room. He suddenly raised his head, and a blood-red gleam shone in his eyes. “I had something to do.”

“What on earth could be more important than looking for them?” At this moment, Charles growled out of anger.

Hearing that, Carl made an odd expression. “It’s none of your business. Tell Sonia that I will come and visit her at the hospital later.”

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

At this point, Charles was so furious that he stomped on his feet. “This jerk!”

“What happened, Charles?” Coincidentally, Sonia had just come out of Toby’s ward when she heard Charles curse.

Keeping his phone, he said, “It was that a*shole Carl. I asked why he didn’t appear for the past few days, and he refused to tell the truth.”

At the mention of Carl, she seemed to have recalled something. She asked, “Oh, and, how is Carl?”

“Him?” Charles’ lips twitched as he answered, “He’s fine.”

“Good to know.” She felt relieved at once.

With his gaze on her, he said, “Darling, this incident must be caused by Carl’s beef with that Delcan dude. You were taken away by Delcan because of Carl. Not only are you not blaming Carl, but you’re also even worried about him now.”

“Charles, I know what you’re getting at. Although Carl plays a part in causing the incident, he didn’t know that it’d cause harm to me. If he knew, he would’ve done something to prevent Delcan from getting his hands on me. Hence, the situation just got out of hand. So, I can’t put the full blame on Carl for that. Go back first. My back hurts and I can’t stand much longer,” Sonia said as she supported herself holding her waist.

Seeing that, he couldn’t help but feel his heart ache. “I’ll help you.”

Humming in acknowledgment, she turned to look at Tom. “I’ll come and visit him again later.”

Tom didn’t say a thing as if he didn’t hear her. He simply pushed the door open and went into Toby’s ward.

Witnessing that, Charles gritted his teeth in anger. “What’s with that attitude of his? He used to be an easygoing person. Why is he now…”

“I know what he’s going through.” Her eyes were trained on the ground as she continued, “Not only is Toby his boss. He’s also his good friend. Toby got hurt because of me, so it’s only natural for him to hold a grudge against me. Let’s go.”

After returning to her own ward, she went to the washroom before Charles helped him onto her bed. Then, he got her something to eat before she slept.

In the afternoon, Carl made his appearance at the hospital. Arriving at the ward, he gave Sonia an awkward smile. “Sonia.”

The moment she saw him, she was stunned. Following that, she frowned as she locked eyes with him. There was an indescribably odd feeling deep within her.

Carl had changed!

At the first sight of him, that was what came to her mind.

First of all, his style of dressing had changed.

Previously, Carl would wear white most of the time. However, Carl was now wearing black from head to toe.

His hairstyle had changed too. Previously, he had bangs covering his forehead, giving people an elegant yet clean impression.

Now, his hair was all slicked back, showing his forehead. Even his hair was cut shorter than it used to be. It looked less gentle and more wilder with an edge.

In a nutshell, the Carl standing before her now was completely different from the Carl that she knew.

Besides Sonia, even Charles was shocked to see Carl like this.

At that moment, he knew why he felt that the phone call earlier sounded odd. It was because the Carl he was looking at now wasn’t the Carl that he used to know. It was like looking at a complete stranger.

That’s right, a stranger!

“Hey, Carl. What did you go through these past three days? How did you change so much?” Charles took the initiative to ask as he analyzed Carl from top to bottom.

Nonetheless, Carl didn’t bother to answer him. He simply walked to the side of the bed before he suddenly pulled Sonia, who was leaning against the headboard, into an embrace. He then buried his face on her shoulder as if he had reunited with her after a very long time. “Sonia, we finally get to meet.”

“Finally?” The frown on her forehead deepened as she heard that.

The next moment, she pushed him away all of a sudden.

Carl ended up staggering after getting pushed away, and he took a grip of the hospital bed frame to regain his stance. Then, a devilish smile crept up his lips. “Sonia, why did you push me?”

“Who are you?” Clenching her fists, she stared at him with her guard up.

Blinking his eyes out of confusion, Charles asked, “Baby, why are you asking him that?”

“Yes, Sonia.” Carl offered a small smile. “I am Carl.”

“No. You’re not Carl.” She nodded her head firmly. “To be precise, you’re not the Carl that I know. You must be his alter ego.”

“What?” Charles was shocked to hear that as he looked at Carl in disbelief and continued, “His alter ego?”

Carl never expected Sonia to see through his true identity so quickly. With that, the smile on his face froze at once.

However, he adjusted his composure and acted like nothing had happened as he smiled before saying, “I didn’t expect that you’ll be able to see through me just like that. How did you know?”

“You’re really an alternate personality?” Charles questioned again in a louder tone.

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Sonia pursed her lips before answering, “He is.”

“How is this possible?!” Charles was obviously shocked. “He has a split personality disorder? I thought he was just suffering from common psychological issues.”

Clenching her fists tight, she said, “You must’ve forgotten. Tim did say that when psychological problems deteriorate, it can create a split personality. Moreover, he told me that the possibility of Carl creating another personality is high when he treated him. This must be it.”

Her gaze that was trained on Carl was complex.

Meanwhile, Carl offered her a smile as if he didn’t know that he was being discussed at the moment.

Charles gulped before saying, “I’ve seen it on television before. Many people will create an alternate personality when they get triggered by something. The trigger may be you falling from the cliff. Do you think that’s why he suddenly appeared?”

He was pointing at Carl as he said the last sentence.

Looking at his finger, Carl squinted with a dissatisfied look. The next moment, he slapped Charles’ hand away. “What do you mean I appeared? I’ve always been here. It’s just that dumb*ss suppressed me. He didn’t let me out until this time. He realized that he had caused you harm, Sonia. That’s why he had a breakdown, and I finally was let out.”

After hearing that, Sonia’s face faltered. “You mean that you’ve been created long ago? And Carl knows of your existence?”

“Seriously?” Charles was stumped beyond words.

Carl then pulled out a chair to sit down before throwing his legs one over the other—a trait the old him would never do. He then said in a casual yet arrogant manner, “Correct. Not only are we aware of each other’s existence, but we’ve also even talked before.”

“You can even talk to each other?” Once again, Charles was dumbfounded. “How is that possible?”

“Nothing is impossible. I was born on the dumb*ss’ eighteenth birthday. In the early days, both he and I showed up alternately. I’ve even communicated with him through writing on a board, and we got to know each other. I know that the person he cares for the most is you, Sonia. Perhaps he had influenced me and piqued my interest for you gradually.”

At this moment, he seemed to have recalled something as he smiled devilishly. “However, that dumb*ss looked for a psychiatrist after he noticed that. He wanted to eliminate me. Unluckily for him, I’ve always been strong since I was born. So, I did not perish, but I ended up going into a deep slumber because of that. It was only until three days ago that I woke up. Now…”

Spreading his arms open, he seemed to be very free. “This body is finally mine! I can do anything I want to do. I will take revenge for what he did to me. I will let that dumb*ss perish forever. That way, this body will be completely mine.”

“No!” That made Sonia anxious. Her grip on the blanket was tight as she stared at him. “This is Carl’s body. He’s the owner and the main identity. You cannot do that!”

“Why not?” Carl smiled at her. “I think I’m more suitable to use this body. It’s a waste for that dumb*ss. He liked you, but he has never dared to say it out loud. In the end, he started mimicking Toby and acted all gentle and soft in front of you. He has been covering up his true colors. How dumb is that? But… I’m different.”

Leaning closer to her, he purposely spoke in a low voice, making it sound extra alluring. “I like you, Sonia. I have the guts to tell that to your face, and I don’t hide my true colors. I’m much more genuine than him. Moreover, the dumb*ss refused to take over his family business just because he hates Robert Hayes. Now, a bunch of kids born out-of-wedlock are eyeing the family business.”

With a scoff, he continued, “Why does he think so highly of himself for doing that? In my opinion, it’s just plain stupid. Even if he hates Robert, it’s got nothing to do with the family business. He can always inherit the business and kick Robert out of the picture. However, he had never thought of that. He even let that illegitimate child fool with him, and ended up causing you to get kidnapped by him. If I was there, I would have gotten rid of that illegitimate child already. Hence, I’m stronger and smarter than that dumb*ss. Sonia, why don’t you consider me?”

“Don’t even think about it!” Before she could say anything, Charles pushed Carl away.

At that moment, it seemed like Carl’s words had pissed Charles off. Carl glanced at his shoulder where he was pushed at before shifting his gaze to the perpetrator. Then, he said in an eerie tone, “Charles, I am not that dumb*ss. He has evil thoughts, and he’s definitely a bad guy. However, he still puts up with people who are close to him. I won’t. If you dare provoke me, I will kill you.”

His words were as cold as ice without any feelings attached.

At once, Charles froze. “You…”

“Charles.” Pushing the blanket away, Sonia held onto his arm before shaking her head toward him. “Don’t go up against him. We don’t know him well. Don’t get reckless.”

From the moment this Carl appeared, she knew that he was not a good person.

Even though the previous Carl had been putting on an innocent, soft facade despite his evil, dark thoughts, he was still kind at some point. Not only that, he was more mature.

On the other hand, this Carl was completely in the dark. His personality was lackadaisical, and he didn’t seem like one who’d abide by the rules. Nobody could anticipate what his next move would be, or what he’d do the next second. He was like a psychopath.

Charles wouldn’t stand a chance against him, much less be his enemy.

Seeing how she had her guard up, Carl sighed as if he was disappointed. “Sonia, you seem like you’re scared of me. This makes me sad. You aren’t like this with that dumb*ss. You’re much more gentle and understanding when it comes to him. So why are you so cold to me? I’m Carl too.”

“No. You’re not Carl. Even if you’re an identity of this body, you are not the Carl that I know and approve of,” she said coldly.

Nodding his head, Charles chimed in agreement, “That’s right.”

After squinting his eyes for a brief moment, Carl let out a low laugh. “Sonia, you sure are cruel. I didn’t expect that you’ll disapprove of me completely. It’s alright, I will change your mind very soon.”

“You’re kidding yourself. I will never approve of you. I don’t now, and I won’t ever in the future,” she said straightforwardly.

Her Carl was not the one standing before her.

Hearing that, he didn’t seem mad. He simply shrugged before saying, “Well, I said what I said. I will make you approve of me, but not now. I have to return to Westsanshire first. After I’m done dealing with things, I will come back. Then, not only will I make you approve of me, I will even pursue you with all my might. Trust me, I am the only man for you.”

After saying that, he gave her a smile that seemed to have a meaning behind it before leaving the ward.

Biting on her lip, Sonia stared at the door of the ward as her mind spiraled.

Meanwhile, Charles closed the door and went back to her. He seemed to be pretty mad. “This jerk is definitely not Carl. Carl would never say such things. This won’t do. The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Baby, what do you think Carl was trying to do? How could he let a personality like this take over his body?”

Shaking her head, she said, “I don’t know either. Now, I’m worried that this identity will look for a psychiatrist and eliminate Carl. If that really happens, Carl will never be able to come back. That identity will have full control of this body.”

“The thing is, we can’t stop him. He’s going to Westsanshire now, and we can’t possibly follow him there. So, we can’t really stop him from finding a psychiatric doctor and removing Carl,” Charles said in a low voice.

Shifting her gaze downward, she answered, “Yeah. It’s true that our hands are tied. We can only hope that Carl is able to emerge like how his split personality did. I hope he’s able to sink into a deep sleep instead of getting eliminated entirely. That way, there’s still hope for us to get him back.”

This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr Chapter 450

Returning to Paradigm Co

“All we can do now is just hope.” Charles sighed.

After that, the two no longer exchanged words as the room fell silent.

At that moment, they were taking their time to register the presence of the new Carl.

The next morning, a statement regarding Carl’s departure had been posted on his personal Facebook account.

At once, both the entertainment and fashion world were shocked. It had inevitably caused many debates which discussed why he was leaving so suddenly and why he didn’t even attend the announcement conference.

Many of Carl’s fans couldn’t take it, so they had gathered together and waited outside his residential area. They were hoping to bump into him to get the truth and reason for his departure.

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Nevertheless, they failed to see him even after camping there for a day. Some of the more aggressive fans had even barged into the residential area, and into his house. To their dismay, they found the place he stayed to be completely deserted.

Carl was missing.

This topic had gone up to the trending chart, and more netizens were guessing where Carl went.

However, no matter how they tried, they still didn’t know where he went, or why he had suddenly decided to quit without saying anything.

After all the commotion, his sudden departure and absence had become the entertainment and fashion fields’ biggest secret of the year.0

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Sitting by Toby’s bed was Sonia, who was looking at the trending news online. Reading them, she subconsciously pursed her lips.

She knew why he had left.0

It was because he was going back to Westsanshire; he was returning to the Hayes Family.

He had said that himself.

Though it wasn’t something to be proud of, she was secretly happy that this Carl had gone back to the Hayes’ to sort things out. When the old Carl comes back, he doesn’t have to personally deal with those horrible people and their business anymore, Sonia thought.

That was right. Although she knew that the old Carl wasn’t all innocent and kind, she didn’t want him to actually do anything bad. She was hoping that the old Carl could keep his hands clean.

Hence, these dark and dirty matters could be dealt with by this Carl.

Though, she had another reason behind wanting him to go back—she didn’t know how to live with this new Carl.

As she was deep in thought, her phone rang.

Glancing at her phone, she saw that it was a call from Rebecca.

When she saw the caller ID, she sighed, knowing the reason why Rebecca called.

“Rebecca, you’re leaving?” As soon as the call got connected, Sonia asked before the other end could speak.

Stumped, Rebecca said with her mouth hung open, “President Reed, you knew about this?”

“I guessed it.” Sonia chuckled before she continued, “You came to Seafield to look for Carl. Now that he wants to go back to Westsanshire, your task is considered done. So, it’s only logical that you want to go back with him.”

Hearing that, Rebecca calmed down. “I didn’t know that you already knew that Carl is our young master.”

“Yeah. I found out a few days ago.” Sonia nodded.

Rebecca then said in an embarrassed tone, “Yes, President Reed. I’m calling to resign as I’ll be heading back to Westsanshire.”

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“Alright. You have my approval,” Sonia answered. However, she pursed her lips before adding, “However…”

“What is it?” Rebecca asked in confusion.

With a sigh, Sonia said, “Here’s the thing. There’s something I need your help with. You do know about Carl’s psychological issue, don’t you?”

“Yes, I do.” Rebecca hummed in acknowledgement.

Sonia then said, “Two days ago, Carl had undergone some triggering incident which led to the birth of his second personality… No, it wasn’t the birth. It has existed since long ago, but it has been in hibernation. Now, this other personality has awakened and taken over his body’s control. Not only that, this identity has a grudge for Carl’s original identity, so he intends to seek for a psychiatrist to help get rid of Carl’s original identity.”

“What?!” Hearing what she said, Rebecca raised her voice in confusion. “President Reed, you’re saying that the Carl now is not the old Carl?”

“Yes. It’s his split personality. He’s a very dark personality that wants to get rid of his initial identity and take over his body. Hence, I hope that you can keep an eye on him when he gets back to Westsanshire. Don’t let him get to a psychiatrist and get rid of Carl. Please.”

Registering how severe this issue is, Rebecca nodded with a serious face. “Understood, President Reed. Don’t worry, I’ll look out for him.”

Despite the fact that he was also Carl, this identity was said to have a very dark personality according to Sonia. He must be very spontaneous and dangerous.

Just because of that fact, Rebecca already wanted to have the old Carl back.

“Thank you.” Hearing that she had agreed, Sonia thanked her happily. At this time, she felt a little relieved because of that.

After that, the two of them continued on with some small talk before ending the call.

Putting down the phone, Sonia shifted her attention to Toby who was still bedridden.

It had been two days since they returned, and he had yet to regain consciousness.

She put her palm on his forehead and felt that his fever was already gone. Why is he not waking up yet?

“Baby.” At this moment, a string of knocks on the door of the ward could be heard.

Retracting her hand from Toby’s forehead, she turned to look in the direction of the door and saw Charles standing there. “What’s up?”

“Aren’t you going to Paradigm Co.? It’s almost time.” Charles put his hand down from the door as he reminded Sonia.

Sonia was stunned for a moment before she stood up. “Right. I almost forgot about it.”

It had been almost half a month since the attack from Taylor. Since then, she had not gone to Paradigm Co. ever since.

Although Charles had been reporting the company’s situation to her every day, she didn’t feel reassured unless she went to the office to learn about the situation herself.

After all, Asher and the bunch were all eyeing the company.

Now that her eyes were alright, she should go back to Paradigm Co. and hold the fort. That would be sufficient enough to let Asher back off as he would think that she was dead otherwise.

“Let’s go.” Pulling the blanket nicely for Toby, she then turned and left for the door.

Seeing that she had come out, Charles took a glance at the hospital bed before his mouth twitched. “Do you really plan to continue to take care of him?”

“Yes.” She nodded firmly. “He’s in this state because he tried to save me, so I can’t run from the responsibility of taking care of him until he recovers. It’s an obligation.”

“I know, but I’m a little worried,” Charles said while walking by her side.

Turning to look at him, she asked, “What are you worried about?”

“Of course I’m worried that you’ll fall in love with him again. Taking care of him means staying by his side all the time. That can easily lead to feelings blossoming, so…”

He didn’t have to continue for her to get the gist.

Obviously, he was worried that her taking care of Toby meant spending a lot of time with him which would make her let him in again.

However, that was not possible.

Looking down at the ground, she said, “Alright, don’t overthink it. It’s not so easy to fall in love with someone.”

“Well, you never know.” Charles shrugged.

At this moment, there was a shift in her gaze. They didn’t exchange words after that as she went back into her ward to change her clothes.

An hour later, she arrived at Paradigm Co.

It didn’t take long before the news of her returning to work was spread from the concierge to the entire building via a group message.

At that moment, Asher was chilling while having a cup of tea. Immediately, he jumped when he heard what his assistant said. “What did you say? She’s back already?”

“Yes, President Dafoe. President Reed is back. She’s already in her office now.” His assistant nodded.

At once, Asher’s face turned sour. “Dang it. Why is she back already? Can it be that she knows what I’m up to?”

Hearing that, the assistant asked, “In that case, President Dafoe, shall we proceed with our plan?”