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, but I

outside and realized they had traveled a long distance. She gripped the

sneered. “That wasn’t my

Josie was astonished.

It was nearly dawn. There was

opened the door to a presidential suite and locked it securely after they

you lost your mind? They are looking for

from our situation, the most dangerous place is safest

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

was stunned by the

disheveled Arnold looked. Thus, she grabbed tissues from the table and wiped his hands for him. She smiled

the life–and–death situation from a moment ago. He reached for her hair with his clean hand and played with her strands. After some time, he finally replied, “It’s so hard to

retreated from him and

gone when she came out after

have many matters to attend

she picked up the landline phone in the room and hesitated about calling

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