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.

thumping heartbeat, Josie slowly opened her eyes from within his arms.

did. He held her even

played this deadly game

shut her eyes tightly, clutching Dexter’s waist. She couldn’t hold back her tears any longer now that all the

Outside, chaos ensued.

her, holding

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

smirk appearing on his lips. “It wasn’t my choice. It was

she made eye contact

was highly professional, and

of the incident, everyone present was taken

handed Josie a cup of hot water. “Fortunately, I had someone keeping an eye on Arnold all along. That’s how I found out you were kidnapped. I sensed something

did Josie remember

asked, “Do you know about Xanthe’s

act for fear of causing alarm, but you were already in trouble, so we had

Arnold and sighed. “What should

to find Arnold. Once

was as cunning as a fox, capable