Blind Date Turned Proposal

Dexter’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he gazed at her.

She firmly reiterated, “I want to restore my pure, unblemished self. I choose white, Dexter.”

Their eyes met, with life and death hanging in the balance of a single moment.

“You’re willing to die with me, aren’t you?”

As he slowly nodded, Josie closed her eyes in peace.

With only one minute left, Dexter moved the scissors from the red line to the white line. If one were to observe closely, they could see that Dexter’s blood-covered hand was trembling slightly.

When he applied some force, the white line snapped. Without any hesitation, he tossed the scissors aside, stood up, and embraced Josie, shielding her beneath him.

Josie held her breath, closing her eyes as she awaited the impending explosion.

Scott also immediately dove away to avoid the blast.

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

The anticipated thunderous sound never came.

opened her eyes from within his arms. “We’re not

before she did. He held her even tighter, panting

played

her eyes tightly, clutching Dexter’s waist. She couldn’t hold back her

Outside, chaos ensued.

Dexter sat down next to her, holding her hand with no intention of

forward. Seeing that they were unharmed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He

appearing on his lips. “It wasn’t

trembled slightly. When she made eye contact with him, her cheeks

was highly professional,

incident, everyone present was taken to

had someone keeping an eye on Arnold all along. That’s how I

remember

then asked, “Do you know about Xanthe’s

didn’t dare to act for fear of

Arnold and sighed. “What should we

are doing everything they can to find Arnold. Once we locate him, we’ll make

believe it would be that simple. Arnold was as cunning as a