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?”

will go mad,” Josie chimed in with a cold

then said, “It will be a while before I can

her an address. It was the same office building where they had met last time. It was his workplace in

tidying up, Josie stepped out of her house. Her destination was close enough to reach by foot. As she walked, she couldn’t shake off the feeling of being watched. Yet, every

at the entrance of the alley, waiting for quite a while. Sure enough, a man quietly followed her, looking like someone who was proficient in

find Josie

of relief and continued to move

critical moment, she couldn’t determine who was tracking

the street. Unbeknownst to her,

Whoosh!

only to see a white car abruptly blocking a Santana,

white car, the Santana

Josie’s pupils dilated.

the Santana quickly turned

was still feeling a lingering

white car rolled down, revealing a familiar face. “Get

a seat. “What are you

on business and happened to see you,” Mallory said, her brows furrowed. “What’s