Dexter was forced to swallow. He took a sip of water, but before Josie could breathe a sigh of relief, his large hand pressed against her head, drawing her closer. Their lips met as the cool water was shared between them. The liquid caught in Josie's throat, making her want to cough.

He pressed her tighter against him, not allowing her to pull away, so she could only release muffled groans.

After about three minutes, the man finally showed mercy and released her.

Josie immediately went into a coughing fit. Pulling out a tissue, she coughed for quite a while before she finally regained her composure. "Dexter, you brute! I almost died, do you even realize that?" Smirking, Dexter said, "The medicine I just took was red sage tablets. You wouldn't die."

Josie paused, only realizing the taste in her mouth after a moment.

"No wonder it's so bitter."

Dexter always wore a somber expression, yet whenever he looked at her, his eyes were always tinged with playful delight.

"How is Mark doing?"

"He's still not awake and probably won't be until tomorrow."

As Josie spoke, she carefully put away the medicine box. "I need to go back now; you should too. There's no need for you to suffer alongside me."

she spoke were not what Dexter wanted

darkened. "What

is no need. We don't really have any connection

she

already too late. Dexter grabbed her wrists, moved them over her head, and pinned her directly against

her, his aura heavy

are you doing?" Josie

think you're quite

felt provoked by his words. "To have the decision-maker of Russell Group drop everything and rush to the hospital to spend the night with me - it seems

the verge of laughing out of sheer exasperation at how she had the

did you say there was

his teeth bit down on her porcelain neck, a paralyzing pleasure surged

face away in pain. "Everything is fine now, so naturally,

clearly sounded like she wanted

gripping her chin tightly. "You're

been chaotic, so Josie's mind was practically on the brink of shutdown, and

of them were momentarily

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