Blind Date Turned Proposal

“It’s too late to turn back now. I’ll worry about the consequences later,”

It was rare to see Arnold with such a stern expression. He looked intimidating.

Josie was stunned. All this while, she thought Arnold pretended to like her so that he could take advantage of her. Yet, he braved this rainy night and risked his future and life to save her.

He had shown her so much kindness that she suddenly did not know how to face him.

Arnold carried Josie into his car and started driving. She asked anxiously, “Where are we going?”

He glanced at her and noticed the bruises on her arms and legs. “How did you get these injuries?”

Josie covered up her arms instinctively and looked down. “A thug came in the middle of the night. He… he wanted to…”

She could not bear to continue. Even recalling the incident filled her with fear.

Arnold/understood what she meant. He steered the car and asked, “Did you see his face?”

dark to see,

distance. She gripped the door handle. “Arnold, I don’t want to

“That wasn’t my

Josie was astonished.

back door. It was nearly dawn.

the third floor. Then, he opened the door to a presidential suite

“Have you lost your mind? They are looking for us. How could you

our situation, the most dangerous place

window and pulled the curtains together. “Wayne might investigate me, but

stunned by

she grabbed tissues from the table and wiped his hands for him. She smiled bitterly. “Are you that desperate to earn my favor?

the life–and–death situation from a moment ago. He reached for her hair with his clean hand and

him and entered the bathroom to

when she came out after a

must have many

so she picked up the landline phone

that she had escaped and likely started tracing her. As such, she could not make this phone call and