Blind Date Turned Proposal

Josie walked in, wearing a uniform several sizes too big for her.

“Hold on there!” the guard demanded, surprised to see delivery food at such a lavish event.

“Delivery,” Josie announced, her voice barely audible through her mask.

“Hand it over,” the guard said, glancing at the receipt on the paper bag without looking inside.

Josie’s heart was pounding so hard that she thought it would burst out of her chest. She had written Arnold’s name as the buyer when she ordered the delivery food.

She knew that Arnold would definitely attend Summer’s birthday party.

The guard dialed the phone number written on the receipt.

Josie’s heart was in her throat as she clutched her phone. She was ready to make a break for it if the guard didn’t let her in.

The guard eyed Josie suspiciously as the phone rang.

After a moment, Arnold answered the call. The guard’s tone changed to one of polite deference as he said, “Mr. Carter, there’s a delivery for you. I’d like to confirm with you if it is yours.”

squeezed her eyes shut and

hanging up the phone

sweating profusely as she waited for the guard’s response. “Why would I lie?” she asserted calmly.

“He’ll be here shortly. You can stay here and wait,”

enough, Arnold was

in a youthful style. He

Josie and circled around her, his eyes twinkling with amusement as he sized

with a smirk.

bag and held onto his index finger with a firm grip. Her

face broke into a wide grin, which looked especially bright

guard, She’ll be coming in with me

nodded Alright,

as

leis a sigh of def she followed Arnold closely As

the delivery man’s

farm

mask. “Ms. Delivery Lady, you sure have some impressive tricks up your sleeve,” he said amusedly, raising an eyebrow at her.

her head, she saw Arnold opening the paper bag and taking out the container of fruits. Without a second thought, he