Blind Date Turned Proposal

Josie’s voice sounded muffled and distant, yet Dexter managed to hear it. He reached out and grabbed her wrist, his body temperature almost scorching her skin.

His grip was strong despite his weakened state.

Feeling the pain from his firm grasp, Josie furrowed her brows as she stubbornly placed a pill by his lips and handed him water. But he didn’t open his mouth, causing the water to spill over.

Covered in sweat, Josie called, “Dexter, Dexter?”

The pill melted in Dexter’s mouth, its bitterness perhaps unnoticed amidst his condition.

Josie couldn’t do anything else but observe that he didn’t spit it out. Deciding to withhold the water, she silently resolved to let him endure the discomfort.

With that in mind, she gently laid him back down and prepared to leave. However, her wrist was firmly grasped, and she found herself pulled into Dexter’s embrace.

In a hoarse voice, he whispered into her ear, “Stay with me.”

The warm touch reached Josie’s skin through their clothes, causing her to furrow her brows in discomfort.

He remained with his eyes closed throughout, yet he relied on his senses alone to recognize her presence, tightening his grip even more.

me and sleep for

she didn’t dare moye a muscle. She listened to

gradually drifted into sleep, Josie found it difficult to find her own comfort from his powerful grip. She used all her

gaze, she found herself face-to-face with

his usual imposing

tightly pressed together as if he didn’t

that Josie could see the hint of stubble on his chin, which would

her thoughts, she continued to

sweat. After some time had passed, Josie touched

a towel. She dampened it

attention was momentarily drawn to a folder placed next to his computer. The label on the folder

as she glanced at the folder labeled with the name of the studio.

file. Inside, she found

pages, with his handwritten annotations in

then looked back at Dexter lying on the bed, her mind lost

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