Blind Date Turned Proposal

Chapter 99 Tying His Tie

Josie bit her inner lip. For some reason, she detected a hint of sarcasm behind his words.

“Thank you so much. Mr. Russell.”

Dexter went upstairs with the box of cigarettes in hand.

As the man disappeared from view, Josie asked Julie to keep the second box of ice cream back in the freezer. She could not finish all of it immediately and planned to savor it the next time Dexter suffered

losses.

But the sweet taste made her forget all her displeasure. As expected, humans are not made to bear bitter things.

Now that she did not need to work, Josie slept in every day. Because of her injury, the maids did not dare. to wake her up, even if she slept into the afternoon.

She finished off too much ice cream and spent the entire night making trips to the toilet. Exhausted, she spent the rest of the day sleeping to make up for the loss of sleep. It was evening when she finally woke up. She stretched and headed downstairs to find Dexter on the sofa with black–framed glasses as he worked on his laptop.

She paused in the middle of her step and glanced at the time. “Is Mr. Russell back from work, or did he not go out today?” She whispered to a maid.

was usually not home at this hour.

stayed home

depended on him, Josie felt guilty. She hesitated and decided to idle her room. Just as she turned around, the man

just leave and turned back sheepishly. “What

a frosty look on his face. “Wash up.

away back in

on my face hasn’t healed yet. It will be embarrassing for

lid of the laptop and

how should

as it is suitable for

he had no expectations. It seemed

for grocery shopping. Without realizing it, the clothes in the closet had begun to pile up, and the room was no

she stepped out. He picked out a tie, and the maid

as it

and tiptoed while circling it around his neck. She smiled. Is there anything wrong with

him. He kept silent and let her do as

Adam’s apple, seemingly unintentionally. She watched as it moved up and back down. It was captivating. The last trace of timidity disappeared, and a yearning for him took