Blind Date Turned Proposal

Josie emitted two soft, subdued whimpers.

Arnold had already reached the rooftop’s exterior. He attempted to push open the door, but to his surprise, there was no response.

“Josie, are you in there?”

Josie cast a fierce glare at the man who was intimately close to her, wishing to speak, but his kiss grew more fervent. “Let him hear how you flourish in my embrace.”

She felt on the brink of suffocation.

Arnold received no response, so he unlocked the rooftop door and called out, “Josie?”

Dexter’s voice resembled a haunting nightmare. “Do you believe that if he witnessed the woman he never had, brought to the edge of ecstasy by me, he would kill me?”

He appeared to envision Arnold’s reaction and couldn’t suppress a chuckle.

This fleeting trace of laughter ultimately dissuaded Arnold from forcing the door open. He remained there for an extended period, enshrouded in shadows.

The housekeeper returned and inquired, “Mr. Carter, is Mr. Russell inside?”

Arnold turned around and replied, “He’s not here, probably in the

descending the stairs gradually receded into

a fish out of water, utterly drained, as if she

wrinkles in his black trousers, and resumed his

appeared disheveled, steadying herself by

don’t take the medicine,” Dexter advised, brushing his shoulder. His fingers

swung it fiercely, striking Dexter. “We’re

by the belt’s metallic buckle striking his wrist bone with a painful clink. He didn’t even furrow his brows as he calmly

drained as she

to form on the man’s forehead. He looked up

that, Dexter pushed open the

with determination “If you dare touch me again, I’ll jump off of this

he replied, “You

turned around and walked toward the rooftop’s

emotion, adding a threatening tone, “If you dare to

actions came to an abrupt halt when she heard this. She asked anxiously, “Do you have news

descending the stairs. His silhouette disappeared into the shadows without pausing for a single step.