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.

thought Valentin was deliberately targeting her at that time.

out that….

been jealous?”

what Ashley had always known,

deny it. “Yes.”

he’d done wrong

even said she hated him, yet she smiled

and jealousy when he

couldn’t change the fact that Ashley

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

suddenly taken into Valentin’s arms with force.

was so hard that he seemed to be hugging

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carried her to sit on his lap at some point, and she was nestled in his

find a comfortable position in his

“Are you blind? How could

me?”

“Don’t talk

said, “For the confession

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

thought, ‘I can’t even say

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

out

why. “Why are

closer, touching his forehead to hers. The position was so intimate that they could feel each other’s breath. “I’m glad you

a much better outcome than

every possibility Valentin envisioned, Ashley would not hesitate to

“You’re happy

to ask for so little, agree to my

me think

that her mind was still cluttered

how.

as children, but she had never expected him to suddenly confess

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had been silently fond of her for

she not be touched?

was really

love of more than ten years in

think about it to

*****

the next

sooner had they returned to Kingsley Villa than they saw

still a little tired from her day of fun yesterday. After greeting

turned to Valentin and

Valentin handed her the

souvenir from the igloo resort. Ashley thought it was pretty cute and brought

brought all the snowman dolls of various sizes and models to her, saying that he wanted to

speechless then.

took two cute

said, “This one is for you, and the other is