Blind Date Turned Proposal

Chapter 376 Fever

She closed her eyes momentarily and met his gaze. “I returned to retrieve my belongings,” she stated firmly.

Dexter ascended the stairs and stopped before her. “Just tell me what you need, and I’ll bring it to you,” he assured succinctly. There was a menacing intensity in his gaze.

Josie trembled as he drew closer but shook off the tremor and asserted, “My laptop.”

“Where are your keys?”

Little did she know that Dexter was informed of her arrival in Mason Garden.

Her head throbbed, and she retorted. Forget about it.”

As she turned, her wrist was seized. “Mason Garden isn’t a place you can simply stroll in as you like,” a voice chided.

The grip on her wrist was intense. Her body lurched backward and fell into Dexter’s arms. It was a moment frozen in time.

as Josie’s complexion grew unusually pale.

forehead deepened as he swiftly carried her, carefully placing her onto the soft mattress in the master bedroom. Josie’s mind raced as

he held her hand firmly. He scorned. “I

but an

before swiftly

crumpled onto the soft bed as the balcony door clicked shut, catching whiffs of his lingering scent that danced in her nostrils.

for not taking the medicine that Dexter had sent earlier. The drip’s efficacy had faded away.

she might be coming down with a cold. Her eyelids

the medical kit and found Josie curled up and asleep. He shook her in

up,” said Dexter as he slid

asleep, Josie complied.

flickered to her wrist, where scars from the previous injection were still visible.

needles for

gingerly prepared and administered the medicine to her as her brows furrowed

into the room with a bowl of hot