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.

agitated as Josie’s complexion grew unusually pale.

the soft mattress in the master bedroom. Josie’s mind raced as the haunting memories of that fateful night resurfaced. “Get out!” she roared.

grasp, but he held her hand firmly. He scorned. “I have no intention of having sex with a

shock subsided, but an underlying discomfort

the bedroom before swiftly

bed as the balcony door clicked shut, catching whiffs of his lingering scent that danced in her nostrils. Her head spun relentlessly as if being

taking the medicine that Dexter had sent

eyes, Josie realized she might be coming down with a cold. Her eyelids were heavy,

fetched the medical kit and found Josie curled up and

as he slid a thermometer into her

asleep, Josie

flickered to her wrist, where scars

needles

prepared and administered the medicine to her as

bowl of hot soup and carefully served, “Sir,