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?”

too dark to see, but I recall he

and realized they had traveled a long distance. She gripped the door handle. “Arnold,

“That wasn’t

Josie was astonished.

at La Oriele’s back door. It was nearly dawn. There was no

the door to a presidential

They are looking for us.

“Judging from our situation, the most dangerous place is

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

was stunned by

how disheveled Arnold looked. Thus, she grabbed tissues from the table and wiped his hands for him. She smiled bitterly. “Are you that

the touch, reminding her of the life–and–death situation from a moment ago. He reached for her hair

retreated from him and entered the

gone when she

must have many matters to attend

her phone, so she picked up the landline phone in the room and hesitated about calling Dexter. She

must be furious that she had escaped and likely started tracing her. As such, she could not