Blind Date Turned Proposal (Josie and Dexter)

She didn't want to like her father.

"Grape..." Josie held her, her words tinged with a hint of sorrow. "Don't dislike Daddy..."

Adult matters should not involve children, after all.

Grape pursed her lips. "But Daddy... he doesn't like me either." Her tone could hardly conceal her sadness and despair.

Josie understood what Grape was thinking.

After all these years, she, as a mother, had ultimately failed her.

"If I have to choose between Mommy and Daddy, then I..." Grape's eyes were filled with determination as she hugged Josie's neck. "I choose Mommy..."

A warmth spread through Josie's heart, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.

"Grape-" Josie held her quietly.

Little did she know, at that very moment, Dexter's car had already pulled up at the door downstairs.

As the car engine turned off, the car window slid down, revealing the man's profound profile. His brows were tightly knitted as if burdened with worries he couldn't untangle. The unfathomable eyes gazed at the house, illuminated by light.

"Mr. Russell, this is Grape's birth certificate..." Larry handed over the information he had found.

his suspicions deep down, his heart still

It's hard to imagine.

been living in a foreign

go back first..."

were certain things that he had to face

Russell..." Larry expressed with

Larry understood his meaning. Without delay,

stayed with Grape, coaxing the little girl to sleep until she fell

marked with tear stains. An involuntary sense of

tucking in Grape, she stealthily slipped out of the

Nightfall descended.

balcony. The evening breeze brought a hint of chill, causing the loose strands of

glance, her

heart began to pound as if

window, their eyes meeting in a heated exchange. His intense stare seemed as if it could see right through her. Overwhelmed, Josie quickly averted her gaze and hurriedly retreated into the safety of the

How did he manage to find

at that moment, the

was a call from

screen displayed his