Blind Date Turned Proposal

Larry waited for a long time before Dexter finally left Josie’s ward.

He noticed how haggard Dexter seemed and bowed slightly. “Mr. Carter informed me that he would blacklist Xenia.”

Dexter unstrapped the watch on his wrist. “She’s already a B-list celebrity, and he has no qualms kicking her. That’s surprisingly responsible of him.”

Sensing the sarcasm in his tone, Larry said, “That woman did not know what’s good for her and provoked. Mrs. Russell and Ms. Olsen. Arnold would not let her go unpunished.”

Dexter arched his eyebrows upon hearing Larry. “Ms. Olsen?”

Larry immediately corrected himself. “I meant Mrs. Carter.”

Dexter walked away. He paused briefly and glanced at Josie’s ward. “Josie has been behaving strangely recently. I need you to investigate if anyone did something to her.”

“Yes, Mr. Russell.”

Josie lay in bed and counted with her fingers the number of times she had been hospitalized in the past two years. Although life was hard in the past, she was healthy. However, now that she had better means, she kept getting ill because of Dexter.

phone and glanced at the screen. It was November,

soon.

she tapped on it. Thus, she had

It was late.

could not stand seeing the man he esteemed get hurt. Thus, he stepped

glanced up indifferently

not dare

Η

he focused on cooking. He scooped the soup into a bowl. While waiting for it

before blacklisting her and explained the truth to

“Sure.”

to Josie’s ward. As he was about to

and

Laura interrupted, “Isn’t he too much? How could he treat you like this when it wasn’t your fault? Xenia blatantly bullied you. Understandably, you get back at her for what

hold back