That Day When I Got Married to My Boss at the Blind Date

Chapter 354 Making up Stories

Josie remained confined to the main bedroom, constantly under surveillance. She felt more like she was being monitored than cared for.

Sitting up was a challenge. At times she would find herself gazing at the ceiling, overwhelmed by a long- forgotten fear. Lately, her nights of sleep were haunted by visions of Dexter and Summer embracing in that abandoned factory.

Anderson prepared her oral medication, crushing it and mixing it with water. He asked curiously, “You’ve been so quiet. Why don’t you talk to me? Do you still have feelings for Dexter?”

Josie glanced at him, and Anderson pulled a piece of candy from his pocket, trying to tempt her.

Looking at the unfamiliar face before her, Josie was intrigued to make fun of him, “You may find it hard to believe, but I’m his ex-wife.”

Anderson was taken aback, “Ex-wife?”

Josie sighed frustratedly, recounting her fabricated past, “I met him when I was just sixteen, and he was a nobody. I married him despite all the difficulties we faced. But as soon as he became wealthy, everything changed. He cheated on me with another woman, and she had a terrible postpartum hemorrhage. And guess what? He had the audacity to ask me to donate blood to her…”

nearly disappearing into his hairline. Under normal circumstances, he would have dismissed such a story as unbelievable. Dexter

and the mix of determination and anguish on

will hurt your wound.

sobbed and asked, “Anderson, have you just started working

him?”

know much about him. That’s why I

to listen to me. He’s not a good person. I beg

hesitated, caught off guard by the intensity of Josie’s plea. His initial curiosity had been mere gossip,

wrap his head around the fact that there

by Anderson’s brief hesitation, Josie pressed on, her voice filled with desperation. “Imagine yourself in my position. Could you bear such

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felt powerless. Tm sorry, but I cannot release you without Mr. Russell’s

fell silent immediately, choosing not to say another word. She closed her eyes and

heard every word Josie spoke through the monitor. He observed her transformation from