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.

Valentin was deliberately targeting her at

out

you been jealous?”

known, blinking her moist eyes blankly at

deny

what he’d done wrong

even said she hated him, yet she smiled brightly at someone

be ripped apart with anger and

he couldn’t change the fact that Ashley

hurgedly explained, “No! I never liked Kevin. I thought the engagement was weird and I wanted to end it with you, so I

when she was suddenly taken into Valentin’s arms with

that he seemed to be

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on his lap at some point, and

find a comfortable position in his

finger. “Are you blind? How could you

me?”

helplessly, “Don’t talk about yourself like that.”

the confession you just

me.” Valentin put his arm around her waist and stroked the delicate skin of

shocked, Ashley thought, ‘I can’t even

gritted her teeth and said, “You’re being unreasonable! You’ll get beaten up like this. Forget it. I won’t bully you for now. I’ll tell you seriously. I’ll consider your

suddenly let out a

“Why are you laughing?”

The position was so intimate that they could feel each other’s

much better outcome than

possibility Valentin envisioned, Ashley would not hesitate to reject his

trembled, and she said softly, “You’re happy with that? Then you’re asking too

to ask for so

me think about it”

mind was still cluttered with thoughts

how.

and Valentin were rivals as children, but she had never expected him

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fond of her for many

not

it was really

want to treat his love of more than ten years in a hazy manner.

wanted to think about it to treat

*****

home the

saw Joseph waiting in the living

fun yesterday.

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

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

souvenir from the igloo resort. Ashley

it, Jackson immediately brought all the snowman dolls of various sizes and models to her, saying that

speechless then.

only took two cute

one is for you, and the other is