Chapter 762 Let's Start Over

Didn't Toby and Veronica enter the bathroom a while ago? But more importantly, was that where the gunshot was coming from?

Did Toby take Veronica inside and shot her? No, it was very unlikely. But how could he be so sure about that? Or maybe he was delusional and what he heard was just the sound of firecrackers?

Nevertheless, Leo rushed in and before he could take a step inside, he was suddenly bumped by a silhouette and was thrown to the side. His waist was knocked on the sink, and he cried out in pain!

Before he could react, the man was gone in a second.

"Toby..." Veronica's voice trembled as she stared at the blood gushing out of Toby's shoulder.

Toby immediately covered his shoulder with his hand, and his palms were instantly covered with blood. He leaned against the nearby wall weakly as he gasped for air.

"I-I'll take you to the hospital. Leo, come and help him!" Veronica hurriedly asked for help.

Leo ran towards them, "Master Cage, let me help you to the car."

Toby, however, did not move and instead looked at the red-eyed Veronica Parker. "Are you worried about me?"

Veronica did not understand why he needed to ask this when his life was in danger. Was this the right time to care about whether she was worried about him or not?

"Just stop talking and we're on our way to the hospital." Veronica was getting worried with each passing second. "Leo!"

She felt coldness washing through her on their way to the hospital.

She knew exactly why Toby got hurt.

The gunshot was supposedly for her, but Toby pushed her away and took the bullet in her stead.

She didn't expect Elton to take a move that soon! He was quick to have plotted an ambush for her.

If it weren't for Toby, she'd be lying lifeless on the bathroom floor earlier!

Tears found their way out of Veronica's eyes at the mere thought of Toby's gunshot wound.

"How do you feel?" She was pressing his wound with a white towel which was already stained with blood! Toby's face was even paler than when they carried him from the lavatory. "Leo, please drive faster!"

Leo stepped on the accelerator and the car zoomed.

Toby grabbed Veronica's trembling hands. "If I die at this very moment, would you remember me?"

Those words brought tears in Veronica's swollen eyes. "What are you talking about? You are not going to die!"

"All people will die eventually." He looked at her affectionately.

"No, you're not going to die! Please stop saying any more nonsense." She felt an uncomfortable lump in her throat as she tried to convince herself more than Toby.

He took her in his arms.

"Don't move, I'm pressing your wound." She was nervous, and all she could think of was that it's her fault why Toby was there. It should've been her.

Toby inclined his head on her slender shoulder. "Let me lean on it, I'm bleeding too much and I feel dizzy already."

"We'll be at the hospital soon. It's going to be all right, do you hear me? It's going to be all right. Please, hold on a little longer!"

But she didn't hear him say anything.

Veronica hoped that he had just fainted, and cried, "Toby, I won't allow you to die. I won't allow it! Grandma is gone, Isabella is gone, you have to stay with me! I'm begging you, Toby. Toby!" She bursted into tears, "Toby! We're almost at the hospital. Hang in there! I won't let anything happen to you. Nothing bad's going to happen to you as long as I'm here."

She then turned to Leo. "Leo, please hurry up!"

"Toby, I won't let you die, do you hear me? If you die, I will haunt you even after death!"

"You don't have to, you know? Since when have you become a martyr?" He suddenly asked.

Her body became stiff upon hearing his playful remark and scolded him, enraged that he made her look like a fool. "You scared me on purpose!"

"Veronica, let's start over."

She only closed her eyes and wept even more. "Stop it."

"Fine."

"I take it back! I would rather you say something than remain silent." Veronica feared that he would fall asleep and not wake up again.

"Can I really say anything?"

"Go ahead and talk. I'll be here listening to whatever you have to say. Just please, I need to be sure you won't fall asleep." Veronica terribly insisted.

"I love you."

She felt her insides trembling and she could no longer choke back the lump in her throat as her tears endlessly fell.

Of all the things that he had to say, those words were the only ones that she least wanted to.

She forbade herself from wanting to hear those words from Toby.

"Veronica."

She didn't say anything and continued to drench her cheeks with her tears

Toby was rushed to the emergency room and Veronica wanted to accompany him until there, but she was blocked by the doctor and nurses, prohibiting anyone other than the patient and the hospital staffs from entering.

Veronica Parker couldn't see anything when the door was shut close, let alone the situation for Toby from the other side of the door!