Blind Date Turned Proposal

“Sis!” Justin cried out lowly, rushing forward to support Josie.

Josie gripped his hand as though clutching at a lifeline. She murmured, “Take me to the hospital.”

If one listened closely, her voice was audibly choked.

The floor where Henry was hospitalized was sealed off. Besides the medical staff coming and going, everyone else was stopped outside.

When Josie arrived, the place was filled with members of the Russell family’s branch family. Claudia and Heather were also among them, the latter pacing anxiously. When she looked up and saw Josie, she was briefly stunned.

“You’re here?”

Josie likewise looked at her. Since she is here despite having nearly died, the news from Justin must be true.

Upon seeing her, Claudia instinctively stepped in front of Heather. That action had some emotion start brewing in her eyes, but they quickly subsided.

She walked straight up, her voice trembling. “Let me in

The bodyguards in charge of keeping everyone out were of the Russell family. At that, they were caught in a dilemma. “We’re sorry, but Mr. Russell has ordered that no one is to be allowed in.”

figure standing at the end of the corridor. He stared at the red light above the operation room, his back

by

stepped out of the operating room and approached the figure standing there. He said something or

Her legs gave way once again, and tears streamed down

over. At the sight of him, the eyes of the people at the back lit exclaimed, “Mr. Peeple!”

Heather

bodyguards, Larry focused solely on Josie, panting heavily. “Quick, Mrs. Russell!

blank. She followed him straight into the corridor. After a few steps, she

then, he would scoop her up and spin her around a few times before

the person awaiting her then was an elderly man with gray hair lying amidst a pile of medical equipment, no longer capable of carrying her.

Dexter knelt down and held his grandfather’s cold hand,

look at me…”

that he was still

The faint sound

strugglingly repeated, “J-Jo… I-I

Henry and fell to her knees on the other side

his head with much difficulty and looked at

too choked up to speak.