Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

Chapter 240

Ashley’s mind echoed with a thunderous crash, briefly freezing her in place.

Warm, crimson blood dripped onto her face.

“Valentin!” Ashley’s eyes turned red in an instant, her voice trembling.

Valentin let out a muffled groan due to the intense pain, a strong scent of blood surging from his throat. Despite the agony, he reassured her in broken breaths, “Don’t be afraid, I’m fine…”

Ashley’s eyes were sore. How could he be fine?

The ground was covered in shattered pieces of chandeliers and glaring red blood, all flowing from him.

“Valentin!” Joseph was shocked, and he ran over in panic. While supporting Valentin, he took out his cell phone with trembling fingers to call an ambulance.

Ashley rose from the shelter of Valentin’s embrace, witnessing the massive bloodstains on his back. Giant chandelier fragments had cut his skin, and some penetrated into his flesh. Blood rushed out eagerly.

And his head… The back of his head was also struck, his hair soaked in fresh blood. He looked as if he had just been pulled from a pool of blood. the air heavy with a pungent smell of it.

Ashley’s hands trembled uncontrollably. Half-supporting, half-carrying Valentin, her voice quivered. “The ambulance will be here soon!”

His injuries looked too terrifying. Ashley dared not move him recklessly. fearing she might worsen his condition.

The restaurant manager and staff rushed over immediately at the sudden

turn of events.

Seeing the injured person in the hall, the restaurant manager turned pale instantly.

He thought, ‘Valentin! It’s over.

This kind of influential figure getting seriously injured in their restaurant would be a severe blow, even if it meant closing down.

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The manager’s hands and feet were ice-cold. He ran over in a panic, trembling as he pulled out his phone, nearly in tears. “Ms. Ramos, Mr. Fox. I’ll arrange a car to take Mr. Kingsley to the hospital immediately!”

coldly ordered, “Seal off all the

family, company, and the outside world.

loss. After hearing what Joseph said,

and rushed out of the

room.

was immediately flustered. He hurried over. “Ashley, what happened to Mr. Kingsley? And you,

hurt?”

her head, eyes glued to Valentin since the incident. She just briefly replied,

so close, Simon recognized this wasn’t the time to ask such

wailing siren of an ambulance echoed from

finally breathed a

manager, her

main hall, as well as the

the second floor and the exterior of the

so, the restaurant facing such an incident required checking the surveillance. footage to find

they were in the ambulance,

back and head. He was lying on a stretcher covered in blood. Medical staff urgently cleaned the chandelier fragments embedded

hand, her eyes burned by

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and bitter. “How do you feel now?”

lowered his eyelids as if he could fall asleep at any moment. He suppressed the rapid gasps caused by the pain because he didn’t want to worry

her chest was tight and painful. How

he rush over so quickly, shielding her regardless of everything?

also got into the ambulance. Seeing this situation, he felt as if there was something stuck in his throat.

rush hour, and even the ambulance moved

finally reach the

Joseph cursed under his breath and called a

no time, patrolling police cars and motorcycles swarmed in. Sirens. blared, clearing a path for the congested

green lights, and

they were immediately taken to the

room.

Joseph anxiously

team of medical staff hurried over. “Ms. Ramos, Mr. Fox, don’t worry. We’ve

Ashley, who hadn’t taken her eyes off the