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 was

looked outside and realized they had traveled a long distance. She

sneered. “That wasn’t

Josie was astonished.

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

took Josie upstairs to the third floor. Then, he opened the door to a

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

smiled and replied, “Judging from our situation, the most dangerous place is

and pulled the curtains together. “Wayne might

stunned

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

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,

instinctively retreated from him and entered

she came out

must have many

down. She lost her phone, so she picked up the landline phone in the

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