Blind Date Turned Proposal

Josie looked up.

He removed her mask and asked, “Are you afraid of being recognized? Have you done something shameful?”

He spoke each word and sentence like a very angry, trapped beast.

Josie was in severe pain from the chokehold. She struggled to slap his hand away and called out, “Dexter!”

He leaned forward, his cold laughter reminiscent of an Epean vampire. “You don’t want to tell me who that man is. Is it because you know him? Not only do you know him, but I do too.”

It was a declarative sentence.

Oxygen was gradually squeezed out from her lungs. Everything in sight suddenly became hazy, like a filming technique in a movie, filled with bizarre and colorful lights,

Eventually, even his appearance became indistinguishable.

He must have found something. Josie eventually calmed herself down.

She decided to stop the pointless struggle. If Dexter wanted to strangle her, then so be it.

he could sense the woman’s will to live diminishing. Dexter opened his weary eyes, his rationality returning. In the end, he chose to let go,

the strength drained away, causing a two-step retreat, teetering on the brink of collapse. It was a rather sorry

no intention of letting her go. As he approached, his anger was

strangle you to death so

words.

dare to provoke this man on the brink of collapse further. She kept her distance, clutching her neck and coughing forcefully. “So, let’s get a

to toe, Dexter appeared somewhat hunched. He looked as

mean to hurt

The more she

up on me?” Dexter asked softly.

I won’t hide it anymore. If we continue like this, we can’t return to how things were. I can give up everything, but

back teeth, the taste of iron filling his mouth as his vision

if a chasm separated the two, making their connection feel unreal. The most tragic thing was

guilty toward me?” Dexter

look. Her expression was indifferent when she replied, “I don’t feel guilty