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.

targeting her at that time.

turned out

been jealous?”

upended what Ashley had always known, blinking her

not deny

time what he’d done wrong to be alienated

she hated him, yet she smiled brightly

and jealousy

couldn’t change the fact that Ashley hated him

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

she was suddenly taken into

hard that he seemed to be hugging his

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on his lap at some point,

twice to find a comfortable position in his lap.

finger. “Are you blind? How could

me?”

talk about

the confession you

arm around her

‘I can’t even say that?’

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

out a

why. “Why are you laughing?”

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

outcome than he had

would not hesitate to

“You’re happy with

if you don’t want me to ask for so little, agree to my pursuit.

think about

so sudden that her mind was still cluttered with

how.

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

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had been silently fond of her for

could she not

really sudden

to treat his love of more than ten years

it to treat him

*****

home the

returned to Kingsley Villa than they saw Joseph waiting

from her day of fun yesterday. After greeting

she turned to Valentin and asked, “Did you bring back that little snowman?”

Valentin handed her the little snowman doll

from the igloo resort. Ashley thought it was pretty

dolls of various sizes and models to her, saying

speechless then.

only took two cute ones.

them to Joseph, Ashley said, “This one is for you, and the other is for me and