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

“Nghh…”

turned over in her sleep. A teardrop fell from

watched as

“Dad…”

The cold glint in his eyes turned into a

you’re back…” A maid’s voice rang across the room. Dexter made a silent gesture, and the maid understood

“Bring her a blanket.”

and went

The next day.

confused as the blanket draped on

Warren, are you awake?” The maid’s voice rang in Josie’s ears as

another word, Josie hurried upstairs to freshen

the company and managed

to the elevator for employees when a strong force

her balance and staggered. She would have become the company’s joke if she didn’t hold on to the

looked up with a frown to

elevator door closed, the man’s look of disdain

She was speechless.

hares may pull dead lions by the

“Get in.”

paused at the cold, deep

a sense of foreboding when she looked over to see a

the offer, Mr. Russell. I’ll just

hand grabbed her arm and pulled her into the

stumbled and was about

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

caught in her throat as the man’s attractive face was inches away