Chapter 99 Tying His Tie
Josie bit her inner lip. For some reason, she detected a hint of sarcasm behind his words.
“Thank you so much. Mr. Russell.”
Dexter went upstairs with the box of cigarettes in hand.
As the man disappeared from view, Josie asked Julie to keep the second box of ice cream back in the freezer. She could not finish all of it immediately and planned to savor it the next time Dexter suffered
losses.
But the sweet taste made her forget all her displeasure. As expected, humans are not made to bear bitter things.
Now that she did not need to work, Josie slept in every day. Because of her injury, the maids did not dare. to wake her up, even if she slept into the afternoon.
She finished off too much ice cream and spent the entire night making trips to the toilet. Exhausted, she spent the rest of the day sleeping to make up for the loss of sleep. It was evening when she finally woke up. She stretched and headed downstairs to find Dexter on the sofa with black–framed glasses as he worked on his laptop.
She paused in the middle of her step and glanced at the time. “Is Mr. Russell back from work, or did he not go out today?” She whispered to a maid.
He was usually not home at this hour.
“Mr. Russell stayed home today.”
Thinking that she had depended on him, Josie felt guilty. She hesitated and decided to idle her room. Just as she turned around, the man called out. “Josie.”
She could not just leave and turned back sheepishly. “What is it?”
There was a frosty look on his face. “Wash up. You’re going out with me.”
away back in
She was unsure about it. “The scar on my face hasn’t healed yet. It will be embarrassing for you.
“That’s not a problem.” He shut the lid of the laptop and put it aside.
“Then, how should I dress?”
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