My Mirror Image

Chapter 0268

Sonia’s terrified expression amused the thugs.

One taunted her, saying. “Scared, are you? We can be friends. I’ll take good care of you.”

Looking at their repulsive and uninviting faces, Sonia was disgusted and scared. She defensively claimed, “I have a boyfriend. He won’t let you go unpunished if you lay a hand on me.”

The thug who had grabbed her mocked, “Oh yeah? Call him over. I want to see which of us is

going to have a hard time.”

Already clutching Candice’s hand tightly, Sonia unintentionally clenched harder in her terror. hurting Candice.

Candice had initially wanted to soothe Sonia and avoid escalating the situation. However, Sonia pushed her hand away and rummaged through her bag for her phone, defiantly declaring. “I’m

calling him now, just wait!”

But before she could complete her action, a thug knocked the phone from her grip. It clattered to

the ground.

The thug jeered, “Why call him? Want him to see how you’ll entertain us? Huh?”

The men were clearly looking for trouble. One yanked at Sonia’s sleeve, tearing it off forcefully.

Sonia tried to kick the thug, but her scream was in vain. Her sleeve was torn off, revealing her

arm. The thugs looked, and their expressions changed at the sight.

Caught between her struggle and fear, Sonia turned to Candice with a look of desperation, pleading, “Please, make them stop!”

Candice’s expression turned grave as she pondered how to defuse the situation. She was determined to protect Sonia from harm.

with a steely gaze. Concealing her fear, she proposed, “You’re

exchanged glances at her

could have spared us this hassle,” remarked one, reaching

touch Candice’s face.

his touch.

cover behind Candice, asked innocently, “Do

from you?”

Sonia’s odd concern during such a tense moment amusing, the

for her in this dangerous

reply, the sharp sound

on her quick thinking. She had discreetly activated an

her previous encounter with Ivor at

emergencies.

disarray. Muttering curses, they

several times. She grimaced until after the alley was silent. Her shoulder hadn’t entirely healed yet.

had made it

she asked with a hint of urgency.

that moment, footsteps and a looming figure

and grieving voice, Sonia

with a stern expression. Seeing

frosty and sharp.

Sonia’s eyes

and were brimming with tears. She

was

voice reassuring and deep as he coaxed,

distraught, with her sleeve ripped and her hair in disarray, clearly having suffered mistreatment. Tears streamed down her face as she clung to Alex. Her sobs were so heartbreaking that they could

gently placed it over Sonia’s

her emotions.

anger. With a stern voice, he asked, “What exactly happened here?” His stare was intense as

what’s going on. I came to see Candice, but then I saw her with those men near our office.