Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

Chapter 78

Ashley’s eyes widened in astonishment, her face a picture of disbelief.

She thought to herself, ‘Why did he call me baby?

“Why did he say it so boldly!”

On the other end of the phone, Kevin clearly heard these words. He was stunned for two seconds. Then his brows furrowed instantly.

The sound of another man calling Ashley ‘baby’ reached his ears clearly, and he thought, ‘It is such an intimate nickname.

‘He mentioned that his hand was numb because she had pressed it for too long. He said it with such a flirtatious tone.

‘Does Ashley have a boyfriend now?

‘Is her boyfriend staying by her side the whole time she’s sick in the hospital?’

A wave of panic washed over Kevin, and he couldn’t help but ask, “Ashley, is there someone with you?”

Ashley cleared her throat and responded as naturally as she could, “Yes. Anyway, why did you call me?”

Kevin said, “It’s nothing important. Since you’re sick, I won’t bother you further.”

Ashley replied, “Okay, I have other matters to attend to, so I’m going to hang up now.”

Staring at the disconnected phone, Kevin furrowed his eyebrows tightly, the ambiguous sentence “Baby, my hand is numb from your pressure” echoing in his ears, and he was lost in thought.

After hanging up the phone in the hospital room, Ashley stared in disbelief at the man who started it all. “What did you just say?”

Valentin glanced at his hand, his demeanor calm and even slightly innocent. “My hand really did get numb because you had pressed it for too long.”

She thought to herself, ‘Fine.’

Taking a deep breath and looking him straight in the eyes, Ashley

uestioned. “Then why did you suddenly call me baby?”

alentin raised an eyebrow slightly. Would you prefer if I called you oney?”

shley retorted. “Would you just shut up?

fter a moment of silence. Valentin moved a little closer to her.

is expression grew gloomy as he looked deeply into Ashley’s beautiful res. his voice low and slow. Are you so unwilling to let Kevin know bout our relationship?

shley blinked, her eyelashes fluttered “We are secretly married, after

alentin’s expression remained unchange, but a chilling and sinister eling crept up inside him.

e thought to himself. ‘She’s still thinking of Kevin.

ut then Ashley changed the topic abruptly ‘However, it wouldn’t really atter if Kevin knew about our marriage. It wouldn’t make any

ifference.”

gloom on his face vanished

stant

Ashley. He did not want to miss a

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say she no longer liked Kevin, Valentin felt an indescribable

“So, you can engage

free once we divorce.” Ashley calculated quickly in her mind. “We should be able to get a divorce in about half a

vanished as if he had

thought to himself, ‘She’s looking forward to

to sever ties with me that

stared at her

spoke with a meaningful tone. “According to the agreement, we

very confused. “Marital

and slowly uttered a few teasing words. “Like

finished speaking,

ruffled her hair,

Ashley was speechless.

treatment, and a nurse came over

realized that the itchiness from the allergic reaction on her skin had stopped, and although it had not completely healed, the

hospital director arrived with a few specialists.

to our tests, you are allergic

was confused. “Propylene

seriously, “Some air fresheners contain

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allergic reactions. Just avoid. it in the future.”

Ashley suddenly understood.

evening, she had gone out to

of air freshener likely contained an excessive amount of propylene

you. I’ll remember

checked on Ashley once more.

Ramos, your allergies have improved significantly. With

expression brightened. “Thank you!”

thank us. It’s our duty to

the specialists breathe a sigh of relief, thinking, ‘We’ve finally managed to treat the

with the

and was

to the Kingsley