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 had

“Nghh…”

her sleep. A teardrop fell from her eye

watched as she muttered

“Dad…”

in his

room. Dexter made a silent gesture, and the

“Bring her a blanket.”

turned around and went up the

The next day.

woke from her sleep. She was confused as the blanket draped

awake?” The maid’s voice rang in Josie’s ears as she exercised her stiff

maid could say another word, Josie hurried upstairs to freshen

managed to

elevator for employees when a strong force

would have become the company’s joke if she

she looked up with a frown to see

elevator door closed, the man’s look of disdain was seared

She was speechless.

hares may pull dead lions by

“Get in.”

the cold,

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

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

and

was about to

to protect herself. The pain she was expecting didn’t arrive as she

her head, and her breath caught in her throat as the man’s attractive face was inches away from