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.

slightly agitated as Josie’s complexion grew unusually pale.

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

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

but an underlying discomfort

before

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

pang of regret washed over her for not taking the medicine that Dexter had sent earlier. The drip’s efficacy had faded away.

with a cold. Her eyelids were heavy, and she slowly

up

open up,” said Dexter as he slid a thermometer into her mouth.

Josie complied.

where scars from the previous injection were still

more needles for

and administered the medicine to her as her brows furrowed in bitterness.

hot soup and carefully served, “Sir, here you