Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

Chapter 197

The fireplace in the igloo was burning, snow was falling outside the window, and elk were walking in the pine forest not far away.

It was a forest wonderland-like place.

And Ashley heard Valentin say he liked her at such a place.

Her pupils shrank violently, and her mind went blank. Her hands and feet were frozen, not knowing what reaction to give.

Until a moment later, Valentin’s magnetic voice slowly brought her consciousness back.

Valentin’s voice was soft and affectionate, like the whisper between lovers, but with a hint of astringency.

“I know that you always reject suitors decisively. What’s more, you hated me so much when you were a child.

“You heard that I have someone I’ve liked for many years. In order to cover this up and prevent you from rejecting me, I can just name someone to get over it.

“But I don’t want you to misunderstand.”

Speaking of this, he paused momentarily and looked at her deeply as if all the beautiful scenes in the world were not as good as hers.

He continued, “Ashley, it’s just you. The only person I’ve liked for so many years is you.”

Ashley’s eyelashes blinked unconsciously.

“Valentin, you…”

Ashley stuttered for a moment, and her mind seemed to be filled with a

it out.

bunch of tangled white clouds. She couldn’t figure

She thought, ‘I’m the one Valentin has liked for over ten years. Valentin liked me a long time ago.

‘He and I were close at first when we were kids. But when we grew up, we often fell out and sometimes quarreled. How could he possibly like me?

“Especially when we fell out, Valentin blocked me in my room when he heard me say I liked Kevin, my classmate. His eyes were

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shocking, and he asked me if I was out of my mind to like Kevin. Wait a moment!’

Ashley then reacted, thinking. ‘Was he jealous?’

Shocked, Ashley recalled it carefully.

In the beginning, she and Valentin were very close. They had been engaged since they were kids by both of their grandfathers. Then, when they got a little older and realized what the betrothal meant, the more she looked at Valentin, the more awkward she became.

After that, Ashley didn’t want to get too close to Valentin, preferring to find other friends of her age to play with. That was when the two started. to fall out and even quarrel.

Valentin’s attitude towards her was especially gloomy and unpredictable when he saw her playing with the neighbor’s children.

deliberately targeting

turned out that….

you been

completely upended what Ashley had always known,

not deny it. “Yes.”

he’d done wrong to be

she hated him, yet she smiled brightly at someone

be ripped apart with anger and jealousy when he heard

the fact that Ashley hated

shaking her head and hurgedly explained, “No! I never liked Kevin. I thought the engagement was weird and I

was suddenly taken into Valentin’s arms with force.

he seemed to be hugging

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had carried her to sit on his lap at

Ashley moved uncomfortably twice to find a comfortable position

his chest with her finger. “Are you blind? How could

me?”

talk about yourself like that.”

the confession you just

Valentin put his arm around her waist and stroked the delicate skin of her cheek with his other

thought, ‘I can’t even

“You’re being unreasonable! You’ll get beaten up like this. Forget it. I won’t bully you for now. I’ll tell

out a chuckle.

know why. “Why

The position was so intimate that they could feel each other’s breath. “I’m glad

better outcome than

would not hesitate to reject

happy with

to ask for so little, agree to my pursuit.

think

sudden that her mind was still cluttered with thoughts

how.

she and Valentin were rivals as children, but she

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silently fond of her for many years.

not be touched?

really

want to treat his love of more than ten years in

about it to treat him properly and see

*****

returned home the next day.

Kingsley Villa than they saw Joseph waiting in the living room

from her day of fun yesterday. After greeting Joseph, she was ready to go upstairs and

the stairs, she turned to Valentin and asked, “Did you bring back that

for you.” Valentin handed her the little snowman doll in

little souvenir from the igloo resort. Ashley thought it was pretty

she liked it, Jackson immediately brought all the snowman dolls of various sizes and models to her, saying that he wanted to present

speechless

only took two cute ones.

of them to Joseph, Ashley said, “This one is for you,