Blind Date Turned Proposal

She slept restlessly.

Faces of many people appeared in her dreams, including Summer’s, Edward’s, and even Dexter’s. They tormented her nerves, the agony constantly reverberating through her.

“Ah!” Josie jolted awake.

She glanced at her vibrating phone beside her. A sense of dread washed over her. The caller ID showed it was Morgan calling.

She paused for a moment, got up to pour herself a drink, and answered the call, “What’s up?”

There was a moment of silence on the other end, then quickly came the question. “Your voice sounds off. Did you just wake up?”

Josie glanced at the time, which read five in the afternoon, and denied, “No.”

“I just received news. Edward has disappeared.”

Josie closed her eyes briefly, wanting to say that she knew this news before him, but she still pretended to be puzzled. “Why?”

“He was taken away last night, and his whereabouts are unknown.” There was a probing tone in Morgan’s voice. “You didn’t know?”

Josie chimed in

for a moment, then said, “It will be a while before I can return to Wavery. You should step out for

address. It was the same office building where

foot. As she walked, she couldn’t shake off the feeling of being watched. Yet, every time she turned around, there was no one in

hid at the entrance of the alley, waiting for quite a while. Sure

didn’t find Josie

let out a sigh of relief and continued to

she couldn’t determine who was tracking

breathed a sigh of relief and strode down the street. Unbeknownst to her, a black Santana was

Whoosh!

to see a white car abruptly blocking a Santana, both vehicles

car, the Santana might

Josie’s pupils dilated.

attempt had failed, the Santana quickly turned around

feeling a lingering

of the white car rolled

taking a

and happened to see you,” Mallory said, her brows furrowed. “What’s going on? If it weren’t for