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

“Nghh…”

her sleep. A teardrop fell

next to her and watched as she muttered again

“Dad…”

glint in his eyes turned into a

rang across the room. Dexter made a silent gesture,

“Bring her a blanket.”

and

The next day.

her sleep. She was confused as the blanket draped on her

rang in Josie’s ears as she exercised her stiff shoulders and said, “Thank

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

managed to

for employees when a

the company’s joke if she didn’t hold on to the nearest thing

up with a frown to see one of her

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

She was speechless.

may pull dead

“Get in.”

the cold,

sense of foreboding when she looked

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

her arm and pulled her into the

and was about

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

caught in her throat as the man’s