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.

was she under the radar for all these

“Nghh…”

A teardrop fell from her eye and sunk into the sofa

next to her and watched as she muttered again after some

“Dad…”

The cold glint in his eyes turned into

A maid’s voice rang across the room. Dexter made a silent gesture,

“Bring her a blanket.”

around and

The next day.

woke from her sleep. She was confused as the

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

could say another word, Josie hurried upstairs to freshen up. The maid

and managed to clock in just in

to the elevator for employees when a strong force knocked

become the company’s joke if she didn’t

her footing, she looked up with a frown to see one

man’s look of disdain was seared into

She was speechless.

hares may pull dead lions by

“Get in.”

at the cold, deep

felt a sense of foreboding when she looked over to

offer, Mr. Russell. I’ll just wait for

grabbed her arm and pulled her into

stumbled and was

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

in her throat as the man’s