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.

was deliberately targeting her at that time.

turned out

you been

had always known, blinking her

did not deny it. “Yes.”

done wrong to be

she hated him, yet she

heart seemed to be ripped apart with anger and jealousy

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 to end it with you, so I

was suddenly taken into

so hard that he seemed to be hugging

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her to sit on his lap

uncomfortably twice to find a comfortable position in his lap.

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

me?”

talk about yourself like

the confession you just

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

Ashley thought, ‘I can’t even say

like this. Forget it. I won’t bully you for now.

let out

why. “Why are you laughing?”

moved closer, touching his forehead to hers. The position was so intimate that they could feel

was a much better outcome than he

every possibility Valentin envisioned, Ashley would not hesitate to reject his

she said softly, “You’re happy with that?

you don’t want me to ask for so

me think about it”

her mind was still cluttered with thoughts even

how.

thought she and Valentin were rivals as children, but she had never expected him to suddenly confess his feeling saving

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silently fond of her for many

not be

really sudden and unexpected.

more than ten years

it to treat him properly and see her true heart…

*****

returned home the

Kingsley Villa than they saw Joseph waiting in the living room

little tired from her day of fun yesterday. After

up the stairs, she turned to Valentin and asked, “Did

Valentin handed

resort. Ashley thought

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

speechless

took two

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