Blind Date Turned Proposal

After the incident, Josie’s popularity in the design department was no longer what it used to be. People would gossip whenever she was around. Those that were extreme would deliberately bump into her just to insult her.

She put up with all of it.

“It’s alright.” She would comfort herself. It was nothing compared to her salary.

…

At night, Dexter reached home late after attending an unplanned meeting.

He shrugged off his coat and changed into his indoor slippers. As he was about to head upstairs, he noticed a slim figure curled up on the sofa.

The woman seemed to be restless. Her eyebrows were furrowed as she mumbled in her sleep.

He went up to her and listened.

“Get out of my way, you bunch of stupid admirers… Stay away… Let me earn my money…”

He furrowed his forehead speechlessly.

How badly off is she that she’s even dreaming about earning money?

At that moment, the laptop screen before Josie flickered. Dexter noticed an interior design plan opened on the screen.

Although it was just a rough draft, Josie’s ideas and thoughts that went into the design were apparent. Every stroke of the drawing showed off her skill and talent in designing.

A rare look of admiration flashed across Dexter’s face. But he was bewildered.

she under the radar for all these years if she

“Nghh…”

fell from her eye and sunk

her and watched as she muttered again after some

“Dad…”

cold glint in his eyes turned into a

rang across the room. Dexter made a

“Bring her a blanket.”

and went

The next day.

confused as the

you awake?” The maid’s voice rang in Josie’s ears as she exercised her stiff shoulders and said, “Thank you for

hurried upstairs to

and managed to clock in

for employees when a strong force knocked her

balance and staggered. She would have become the company’s joke if she

she looked up with a frown to

door closed, the man’s look of

She was speechless.

hares may

“Get in.”

at the

of foreboding when she looked over to see a deep-set pair of cold

Russell. I’ll just wait for the next elevator. After all…

hand grabbed her arm and pulled

and was about

The pain she

raised her head, and her breath caught in her throat as the man’s