Blind Date Turned Proposal

The phone Josie had stashed in her bag began to vibrate intensely. She fished it out and saw that it was a call from Arnold.

She wanted to hang up immediately, but Dexter said in a deep and authoritative tone, “Answer it.”

She gripped her phone tightly, hesitating for a moment before answering the call.

From over there came the hurried breaths of Arnold, holding back from exploding in anger at the brink.

There was a moment of silence, then Arnold asked in a hoarse voice, “Did you and Dexter conspire against me?”

Josie furrowed her brows, turning to look at Dexter, who remained impassive as he stood beside her.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Josie!” Arnold’s voice rose, carrying a faint hint of a sob.

She was taken aback, looking again at Dexter, his face showing restrained patience.

message to Dexter. Tell him that I will settle this score, so he should be extremely

abruptly hung up the phone after he finished speaking. Josie tossed her cell phone aside and asked, “What have you

ahead and said, “Dawn is approaching. Let’s head back

by his attitude. “If you’re going to use me like a tool, then you should at least tell me

he replied, “I told you not to get close to these people, but you didn’t listen. Now that you’re involved, you should at

drenched in sweat as she anxiously tried to guess. “Edward is the only person who could make Arnold lose

neither refuted nor admitted to her statement, continuing to fiddle with his rosary beads as he said, “Grandpa’s death should not

was your doing, wasn’t it? You planned for Claudia to

spoken, Dexter raised a

evidently more useful than that of Summer’s. She managed to

turn her into a pawn of Dexter’s. “What have you done, could it be Edward

Dexter frowned at the thought of that. He looked at Josie as he continued,

Dexter was not retaliating because his grandfather had passed away and he was being considerate. But to her surprise, he had been deliberately biding his time, waiting until today to

monster who must retaliate

her face, which displeased Dexter. He reached out, pressing her neck to draw her closer to himself. “Scared? Someday, you’ll be grateful for what I