Blind Date Turned Proposal (Josie and Dexter)

The phone Josie had stashed in her bag began to vibrate intensely. She fished it out and saw that it was a call from Arnold.

She wanted to hang up immediately, but Dexter said in a deep and authoritative tone, "Answer it."

She gripped her phone tightly, hesitating for a moment before answering the call.

From over there came the hurried breaths of Arnold, holding back from exploding in anger at the brink.

There was a moment of silence, then Arnold asked in a hoarse voice, "Did you and Dexter conspire against me?"

Josie furrowed her brows, turning to look at Dexter, who remained impassive as he stood beside her.

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Josie!" Arnold's voice rose, carrying a faint hint of a sob.

taken aback, looking again at Dexter, his face showing

this message to Dexter. Tell him that I will settle this score, so he should

speaking. Josie

and said, "Dawn is approaching. Let's head

going to use me like a tool, then you should at least tell

to get close to

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nor admitted to her statement, continuing to fiddle with his rosary beads as

up here today was your doing, wasn't it? You planned for Claudia to find out, so you deliberately drew Arnold's

soon as these words were spoken, Dexter raised a playful smile. "You are more crucial compared

factor, but her presence was evidently more useful than that of Summer's. She managed to lead Arnold away, buying a lot of

series of actions would turn her into a

He looked at Josie as he continued, "He has gone too far. I put him

help but feel a chill run down her spine. She had thought that Dexter was not retaliating because his grandfather had passed away and he was being considerate. But to her surprise, he had been deliberately