Blind Date Turned Proposal

Heather’s humiliation was palpable. Her ears burned as she felt the disdainful stares of the crowd bore into her.

Caesar’s jaw tightened, muscles twitching as he tried to contain his anger. “Ms. Riley,” he said, his voice tight with barely suppressed rage. “You should make up for your mistake by following Ms. Olsen’s orders.”

Heather bit her lip so hard that she tasted blood. “I will,” she responded, her voice barely above a whisper.

Heather raised the bottle of wine and approached the crowd. “More wine?” she asked, her voice small and uncertain.

“Excuse me, sir,” she called to the passersby, her voice trembling. “Would you like more wine?”

“Hello…”

An uncomfortable silence hung in the air, broken only by Summer’s smirk as she watched the scene unfold.

“This is nonsense!” Claudia said, wanting to offer her help to the young lady, but Arnold held her back.

lifted her head as a Mercedes Benz pulled up to the Olsens’ house. The driver got out and opened the door for a man in a

Summer exclaimed excitedly, holding onto the dress as she sprinted towards

frozen, her smirk fading as she recalled

was pale. His eyebrows raised at the realization of what had happened before

deal out of a small mistake like this?” Dexter teased, grabbing her hands and leading her

didn’t think much of it, it made her

hands when they arrived before Heather. “You’ll have to face the consequences for ruining Ms.

throat as she tried to process

darted up to Dexter’s, then skittered away to Summer’s. “Ms. Olsen, I’m so sorry,” she quavered. “It

knew she couldn’t make a scene. “Alright, you can go now,” she concluded.

Dexter a grateful look before disappearing into the

her attention to Dexter. “What took you so long? I was starting to think you weren’t coming,”