Blind Date Turned Proposal (Josie and Dexter)

Naturally, the hotel was off-limits. Josie remained in the car, tilting her head back to gaze at the towering hotel building.

For people with Dexter's status, if something went wrong during the review, there were plenty who might consider jumping off a building. Therefore, the accommodations were always arranged on lower floors, like the third floor, to prevent any communication with the outside world.

Josie was at the back entrance of the hotel. Josie got out of the car, looked up, and counted the rooms once. Still unsure, she counted again. Only then did she pick up a small stone from the ground, and with all her might, she threw it toward the fourth room.

The sound was pleasing to the ear, yet there was no stir within. Josie was slightly winded, and bending down, she picked up a few more pebbles to throw above.

By the time the fifth pebble was tossed, the window was opened from the inside.

Josie looked up, her heart leaping into her throat, terrified that it might be a guard.

The woman was clad in a form-fitting, rose-colored gown, her long hair slightly curled. Her eyes were bright and clear, full of life. On that autumn night, she was catching her breath under the illumination of the streetlights, her face filled with anticipation.

Dexter opened the window, and that was the scene that greeted him.

At that moment, his weary, numb heart suddenly jolted. The gloom slowly dissipated, and her smiling face gradually took over his entire heart.

Only when Josie could finally make out the figure did she allow herself to breathe a sigh of relief. She stood by the car, instinctively wanting to call out to Dexter.

held back the words that were on the tip of her tongue. With a

a few steps back, allowing her

her thoughts. She pointed to her clothes, implying that she had seen the

turned white as he gripped the window frame. He nodded slightly, indicating that he, too, had noticed the outfit she was

It suited her well.

make out his face, but it remained indistinct. All that was discernible was his poorly concealed exhaustion and pain. She

turned around and carefully, letter by letter, word by word, wrote on it: The signing went smoothly. Upon seeing it, Dexter gave another nod of acknowledgment. He wasn't surprised because he knew she

momentarily before writing: Are

Dexter's expression remained calm,

that was hard to discern. He suppressed the lump of emotion welling up in his

Josie also nodded in response. At this point, she truly didn't know what to say. Given his current status, nothing she could say seemed

from nearby filled their ears, accompanied by the chirping of cicadas

then wrote: When will

it unclear whether he didn't

hand, pointing at the moon, then

understood. What he meant was that it was too

she erased all the words she had just written down and wrote: Take good