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!”

approach, Joseph immediately suppressed his impatience and coldly ordered, “Seal off all the information. Nothing

to Valentin today would significantly impact his family, company, and the outside world. It was crucial to keep it under wraps.

hearing what Joseph said, h

commotion and rushed out of

room.

immediately flustered. He hurried over. “Ashley, what happened to Mr.

hurt?”

glued to Valentin since the incident. She just briefly replied, “Mr. Hunt, I’ll take him to the hospital first.”

Though he was unclear why Ashley and Valentin were so close, Simon recognized this wasn’t the time to

of an

finally breathed a sigh of

her

main hall,

second floor and the exterior

facing such an incident required

the ambulance, rushing to the hospital.

covered in blood. Medical staff urgently cleaned the chandelier fragments embedded in

carefully held Valentin’s hand, her eyes burned by

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“How do you feel

moment. He suppressed the rapid gasps caused by the pain

and painful.

so quickly, shielding her regardless

if there was something stuck in his throat. He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

was congested during the dinner rush hour, and even the ambulance moved slowly.

they finally reach the hospital?

and called a director

police cars and motorcycles swarmed in. Sirens. blared, clearing a path for the congested

green lights, and they

were immediately taken to the

room.

anxiously waited

director, vice director, and a team of medical staff hurried over. “Ms. Ramos, Mr.

and looked at Ashley, who hadn’t taken