The Epic Blind Date with My Boss

Lachlan clearly didn’t believe her explanation.

Two years had passed, and he had come to understand her to some extent.

“Have a piece of candy. Maybe the sweetness will momentarily help you forget your troubles,” Lachlan suggested, as if coaxing a child.

Josie couldn’t help but laugh. “I’m not a child…”

Lachlan was intensely watching Josie on the screen. Every frown and smile of hers was so captivating in his eyes that he momentarily lost himself in a trance.

Josie noticed his unusual behavior and quickly found an excuse. “You must have work to attend to. Let’s not chat now.”

She couldn’t reciprocate even the slightest bit of Lachlan’s enthusiasm. All she could do was assert her stance with a firm attitude.

Lachlan was always aware of that.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries before hanging up.

Josie tightly clutched her phone, peering out the window. It seemed as if the car outside had a grudge against her, never once leaving. Josie drew the curtains, blocking out all lines of sight.

Lying in bed, Josie tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

Her mind was filled with thoughts of Dexter…

Ah!

truly beyond

stayed

The following day.

sight was the familiar car. Dexter, who was in the car, had kept vigil here all night without sleep. Josie

to pretend she hadn’t

Inside the room.

and couldn’t find her mother, growing somewhat anxious. With

of crying, Josie pushed open the

“Grape!”

ceased. Through her tear-filled eyes, she looked at her, then

“Good morning, baby.”

and planted a

was the second day of the Golden Key Awards, and Josie was still

at kindergarten… You can’t behave like yesterday,

understandingly. “I

Josie was greatly comforted.

struggled to restrain the impulse to approach them, his gaze firmly fixed on her, fearing she

as Josie placed Grape in the child’s

Dexter hurriedly followed.