Blind Date Turned Proposal

Suddenly, a voice sounded outside. It was Henry’s voice. “Let’s hurry up.”

Josie looked through the gauze-curtained window and saw two figures walking in a hurry. They walked past Josie’s room and pushed open the door in the neighboring room. Josie instantly understood why Mallory had brought her here and was surprised. “How did know…”

“Dexter would not choose this place to meet someone without a good reason, so I thought it must be important. Furthermore, when I met you, I could see that didn’t want to be recognized.”

Mallory was astute and guessed the gist of things after connecting the dots.

Josie laughed at herself. “Thank you.”

But Mallory looked away. “I brought you here only because you needed a secluded place to meet a confidential client. I have no idea that Dexter is next door.”

Josie understood and replied, “Yes, you don’t know anything.”

Satisfied with her response, Mallory turned around to leave. However, when Mallory reached. the door, Josie could not resist asking, “Why did you help me?”

Mallory helped Josie tremendously in the few times they met. She considered before replying, “Perhaps it’s because our situations are too similar.”

a moment before stepping out. She stopped stealthily outside Dexter’s room and vaguely saw the people inside.

looked

pour a cup of tea. Her gestures were as graceful as

the room was soundproofed, so Josie could not

saw Henry holding the young woman’s hand and

young woman was most

past, Henry cared about Liana as if she was his granddaughter. Thus, it was understandable that he would want to see her now that she returned.

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test confirmed that the

hear anything. After a while, she could not stand watching their interactions

to leave. However, in a moment of carelessness, she accidentally bumped into a flowerpot by the door and nearly fell. She let out a yelp as she lost

she immediately stopped herself from falling, the people inside still heard her. Dexter stood up.

for a place to hide. As she was about to rush into a neighboring room, a hand suddenly covered her mouth and dragged her

“Hmm…”