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?”

mad,” Josie chimed in with a

a while before I can return to Wavery. You should

up the phone, he sent her an address. It was the same office building

walked, she couldn’t

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

didn’t find Josie and quickly

let out a sigh of

she couldn’t

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

Whoosh!

turned around, only to see

car, the

Josie’s pupils dilated.

had failed, the Santana quickly turned around and

still feeling a lingering

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

Josie was surprised, taking a seat.

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