Save Myself from Desperation

Ashley was startled, and her eyes widened. “So this is what you think. All your previous understanding and empathy was just for show? You said to let me choose whether to agree to you, whether to divorce you. And now, it seems that even if | wanted a divorce, you wouldn't agree. So why did you let me choose?”NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.

Valentin rubbed her head, trying to calm her down. “Don’t worry. | meant that if you want a divorce, | will find other reasons to delay it. Postpone the divorce, and then | will have a chance to continue to pursue you.”

Ashley gritted her teeth. “You’re so cunning.”

Valentin looked at her seriously and said affectionately, “Ashley, | can’t bear to leave you for the second time.” Valentin’s deep and sexy voice slowly entered Ashley’s ears, causing her heart to beat faster again.

She knew that Valentin’s first time referred to their previous conflict.

They were separated for so many years.

This time, he couldn’t bear to leave her for the second time.

Ashley felt that this reason was acceptable.

Ashley said, “Alright, | won’t argue with you about this anymore. By the way, when I had just left the Ramos family, Grandpa asked us to get married and register. You agreed. Did you not think it through, or did you actually want it?”

Valentin didn’t deny it and lightly brushed her cheek with his nose. “Yes, | have been longing for you for a long time.” ‘Longing me for a long time! Ashley’s earlobes turned red suddenly, feeling inexplicably shy by the straightforwardness of his words.

When Valentin confessed his feelings to her, he mentioned that he had liked her since childhood. She had already guessed it. When they registered for marriage, Valentin must have thought it through. He was willing, so he took the opportunity to get a marriage license and bind them together.

115 Chapter 260 He had been clever since childhood, very good at taking advantage of the situation.

Seeing Valentin still staring at her, Ashley held his face in her hands and. asked, “I already said | won’t argue with you anymore, so why are you still staring at me?”

Valentin’s face still looked pale, and he lowered his head to ask, “If on that day when the chandelier fell, someone else saved you, would you still agree to be with me?”

Ashley was taken aback. “First of all, | have to clarify that | didn’t just agree because you saved me or got hurt for me. Furthermore, there is no if. It was you who saved me that day, not someone else.”

Ashley felt like it was her fault. She didn’t give Valentin enough love and security, which made him start doubting and asking such questions.

She needed to reciprocate his love equally.

Although she had never been in a relationship before, she understood that if the love between two people wasn’t equal, cracks would easily appear over time.

“Don't worry. | will try my best in the future to love you as much as you do.” Ashley leaned closer and kissed Valentin hard. “See, | have never kissed any other man before.”

Valentin raised an eyebrow, chuckled, and said, “One kiss is not enough.

Give me one more.”

Ashley warned, “Don’t push your luck.”

After a while, Valentin raised his hand and rubbed his head. “Ih headache.”

Ashley became nervous. “I'll call the doctor.”

Valentin grabbed her hand and smiled suggestively, “Just one kiss fr you, and the pain will go away.”

hin the afternoon, Joseph rushed to the hospital room eagerly.

Valentin, how do you feel now? Do you still feel uncomfortable aawwhere

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Ashley mocked, “He’s doing just fine now.”

He was in such a good mood that he started teasing her.

Joseph stared at Valentin and carefully examined him. Apart from a slightly pale complexion, he seemed much better in spirits. There was even a radiant look of satisfaction on his face.

“Wait, radiant and satisfied?”

Joseph squinted his eyes and observed Valentin and Ashley. He felt that something was off between them, very off. Something must have happened between them. And it was definitely something good.

Otherwise, Valentin wouldn't be in such high spirits.

“Valentin, I’m happy to see you are fine.” Joseph said.

But Ashley frowned slightly, knowing that Valentin’s occasional headaches needed to be treated as soon as possible. She didn’t want him to suffer.

Shortly after, Tom also arrived, bringing some urgent documents for Valentin to sign and his laptop.

Ashley asked angrily, “Is work really that important?”

Valentin was still receiving treatment in the hospital room, yet he start working.

What if he got sick again?

Tom awkwardly scratched his head, thinking, ‘I don’t want this either am also very concerned about Mr. Kingsley.

‘But there are some tasks that require Mr. Kingsley’s personal signature and they can’t be postponed any longer. | have no other choice.

Valentin looked at Ashley, pleased and happy that she was defending him. He exaggeratedly said, “Ashley is the best.” Ashley blushed. She didn’t expect Valentin to flirt with her in front of others.

Joseph’s eyes flickered back and forth, thinking, ‘It seems like their

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relationship has progressed further.’

“But it's okay. Even in my condition, | have to earn more money for you,” Valid.

Ashley wondered, ‘What do you mean by earning money for me? I’m not your boss.”

Valentin didn’t lie in bed all the time. Although he was weak, he needed. to move around to aid his recovery.

Fortunately, it was a VIP hospital room with enough space.

He walked over to the nearby sofa and sat down, taking the contracts that needed his signature from Tom. Ashley kept a close eye on him, feeling relieved when she saw that he was still in good spirits.

She looked at Joseph beside her and whispered, “Did you find out who the hatman in the restaurant was?”

Joseph became excited. “I was just about to tell you. | have found out alabout that person. His name is Mike, a thug. | haven't let him know that.

we're investigating him yet. We secretly placed eavesdropping and surveillance devices in his house.

Yesterday afternoon, | finally caught him making a suspicious phone call. Unfortunately, he didn’t put it on speaker, so | couldn’t hear who was on the other end. But it's okay. He will definitely contact the perso again, and we will soon find out who's behind all this.”

Valentin raised his head. “What hatman?”

It's the person who followed Ashley to the restaurant that day. H iritetended to lock her in the restroom,” Joseph explained immediate

VValentin became nervous. His aura began to darken, and his voice tu calold. “Show me the surveillance video!” Joseph teased up. Valentin became extremely serious when it came to

alevy’s safety

Asisley blinked but didn’t find Valentin’s seriousness scary at all.

Jokate le quickly took out his phone. “This is the surveillance footage. He was nitong the phone call. The audio is too low, so | couldn't hear who was on slidcoherend of the line”

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Valentin took the video and transferred it to his laptop. His fingers

quickly typed on the keyboard, lines of code appearing on the screen. He activated a mysterious system. Aseries of dazzling images flashed by at an invisible speed.

After a while, the video went through data processing, and all faint sounds became clear.

Even if the phone call wasn’t on speaker, the voice from the other end. became audible.

“Mike, | told you to teach Ashley a lesson...”

It was a woman's voice.

When Ashley heard this, her eyebrows furrowed. She knew the woman.

Joseph also recognized it. “Damn it. That's Cara’s voice. Cara wants to hurt Ashley.”