Blind Date Turned Proposal

Chapter 114 I Was Afraid You Would Be in Danger

He turned his head to look at her. The ember of the cigarette glowed softly, flickering in the dark room.

“Couldn’t you wait at home for me to come back?” He expressed his frustrations through his tone of voice.

Josie pondered her response, knowing he likely already knew most of what had happened earlier. She kept her head down and replied. “I know you’ve been stressed lately about acquiring Landon, so I came out in a hurry to tell you something important about the project.”

Josie suspected her accidental eavesdropping from earlier must be related to this project, so she tried her best to get to him as soon as possible.

Dexter snuffed his cigarette in the ashtray and blew the final puff of smoke in her face. She felt suffocated by the smoke and wanted to move away, but he held onto her neck and said under his breath, “What do you know?”

Josie’s face turned red. He held her so close that she could see the small mole he bore under his eyes. She held onto her breath, explained everything she knew, and said timidly. “Did I cause more trouble for you?”

That was not true. She’s been here all night without doing anything.

Dexter tightened his grip, and his eyes were awash with conflicting emotions. “You must think you’re very clever.”

if her identity were revealed. But worst of all, she didn’t realize how dangerous it would be for her if she

but comparatively, he was more concerned about how her

the thought of something terrible

to escape from his grasp. Instead, she

were all

looked down and asked, “Why did you come to find ine

words. Her eyes were dull, and her shoulders slumped. “I was afraid you would be in danger. Her

but tried to

felt dumbfounded when he made this comment. She even thought of taking out his phone from

three times. You didn’t answer

heart pounded as she explained.

any missed calls from her when he checked his

grabbed her hands, which were trembling. Then, holding her hands, he suddenly

lips and swore, “No, not

is honest.