Save Myself from Desperation

Chapter 196 Ashley ran away after doing the bad thing. The two long bunny ears on the hood jumped up and down as she ran.

Valentin was caught off guard and was hit by a snowball. He touched his tongue against his face and watched her flee with a smile. “Ashley, your dare to hit me, and you are so scared that you run away?”

Ashley ran to a safe distance before stopping. “I’m not running away. I’m taking a walk.” Valentin thought, “Taking a walk... Good.’

He waved to her. “Come back. | don’t care.”

“Really?” Ashley was cautious.

He nodded.

Ashley didn’t go back. Instead, she wisely ran back to the igloo.

Valentin chuckled and shook his head with an expression of indescribable indulgence.

The two went back to the igloo. The room was the right temperature, so they didn’t feel cold. Ashley took off her down jacket with bunny ears.

It was already evening, and orange lights lit up outside.

One could see through the large floor-to-ceiling windows that snowflakes were falling under the orange light, which was a unique feeling.

Ashley was watching intently when she suddenly received messages from Joseph.

[Ashley, are you having a good time?]

Isn’t it fun there?]

[You guys didn’t even take me with you. I’m going to get angry! You'll never coax me out of it.] Ashley was speechless for a while.

Raising her phone, she took a photo of the snowy scene.de and sent

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it to him.

Joseph cried even louder after reading it. [Oh, it’s so beautiful. | want to

go there, too! You and Valentin just left me behind so ruthlessly!]

Ashley replied: [I'll bring you here next time.]

Joseph was still sad. [Oh, don’t think you can coax me like this. A

wounded heart is not easily repaired. | have principles, too, and I’m really. angry this time.] Ashley said: [Well, in that case, | won’t bring you next time either.]

Joseph was stunned.

He was so angry that he typed faster. [Are you still my favorite Ashley?]

Ashley replied decisively: [No.]

Joseph immediately retorted: [No! You are my favorite Ashley, and will always be! No one can replace it!] Ashley was speechless.

Joseph asked: [Wait a minute, where is Valentin? Why don’t | see him?]

Ashley replied: [He is preparing dinner aside.]

Joseph said: [Hey, Valentin is awesome. Ashley, you're so lucky. | won't disturb you anymore. How sensible | am!] Ashley was speechless once again.Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

Valentin walked over at that moment, strong and graceful. He tilted his head to indicate the direction of the table. “Would you like something to

eat?” Ashley was hungry, so she walked to the dining table and sat down. The table was full of her favorite food. So, she accidentally overstuffed herself.

Ashley paced back and forth in the room remorsefully and turned to look at Valentin. “By the way, you said you came to see the snow today because you had something to do. What's the matter?”

Without answering, Valentin walked toward her and asked, “Are you still

stuffed?”

Ashley was embarrassed. “No, I’m better now. The main reason is that the dinner just now was so delicious.” So, she accidentally overstuffed.

Valentin raised his eyebrows slightly and said in a funny way, “It would be bad if you are uncomfortable.”

Ashley wasn’t uncomfortable. After walking, she walked over to the couch in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows and sat down, quietly enjoying the snowy scene outside.

Valentin sat down in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with her. Seeing a bouquet of roses in the vase beside him, he raised his hand and stroked it twice.

Ashley turned to see this quiet and beautiful scene. Valentin was caressing the delicate roses, blending into a picture of great beauty.

After looking at it for a while, Ashley asked casually, “Do you like this flower very much?”

He looked like he loved it.

Valentin shook his head slightly and said in a somewhat lower voice, “No, I’m a little nervous.”

“Nervous?” Ashley was surprised, thinking his nervousness was too subtle to see. She asked, “What are you nervous about?” Valentin raised his eyes to look at her, with a faint emotion she couldn’t understand floating in his unfathomable eyes.

His eyes looked like an abyss, seeming to absorb Ashley’s soul into it.

Ashley couldn't help but stare at him. After a while, she lowered her eyes and said inaudibly, “Actually... | have been wondering today who the person you like is and why you didn’t successfully pursue her...”

She had thought long but hadn’t figured out who it was that he had been liking since he was a student.

Of course, she and Valentin were not in the same grade. As they grew older, their relationship was not as close as it had been when they were children, and it became increasingly awkward. They would even argue. And maybe he liked a girl in his class, she just didn’t know

Ashley couldn't help but slow down her breathing and asked softly, “Will you continue to pursue her in the future?”

He looked at her seriously and intently. “Yes.”

Ashley curled her fingers and nodded slightly before turning to look at the snowy scene outside the window.

The snow seemed to be falling more heavily.

Agust of wind blew, and snowflakes flew all over the sky.

This pre-divorce trip would be a very impressive one for Ashley.

Valentin looked at Ashley’s delicate side face and said gently, “Do you like

no snow very

much?”

The snowflakes outside the window seemed to fly into her eyes and melt into water. She nodded. “Yes.”

He asked, “Do you know what | like?”

Hearing his words, Ashley withdrew her gaze and looked towards him with her beautiful eyes. Her inadvertently furrowed brows had an indescribable flavor.

She thought, ‘What does he like? It seems that he has never shown any obvious preferences since childhood.”

Ashley frantically thought about what he liked to watch or eat. With what she knew about him, she could still say it if she wanted to.

Suddenly, a shadow shrouded her eyes.

Valentin came closer and clasped her waist with his warm palms. He held her waist tightly as if he wanted to control her. Ashley was stunned, and her eyes widened slightly. The thoughts in her mind suddenly broke apart.

She could no longer think about what he liked.

Immediately afterward, she felt a pain on her lips.

Valentin kissed her hard.

He rubbed and kissed her moist and red lips, and the voice that overflowed from his throat was husky and sexy as hell, like an ambiguous blow to Ashley’s heart one by one.

“You.” Valentin said, “Ashley, | like you.”