Save Myself from Desperation

Ashley’s eyes suddenly widened in shock.

How could she take the initiative to kiss him?

“Nope.” Ashley blushed and turned away.

“Really?” Valentin raised his eyebrows slightly and pinched her waist. several times on purpose.

Ashley was particularly ticklish on that spot and immediately wriggled out. “Sorry, sorry, my fault. Stop it!” She realized she had been wrong to shut him out.

Ashley made up her mind, licked her lips, and took a deep breath. Then, she leaned over, kissed Valentin on the cheek, and hurriedly backed away.

“Well, | did it.”

But Valentin smiled meaningfully. He lowered his head, and his sexy chuckle sounded.

“| want you to kiss my lips, not my cheek.”

Hearing this, Ashley blushed all of a sudden.

Valentin stared at her, who widened her eyes in shock, grinned, and pinched her chin with his fingers. “Kiss me.”

She was drowning in his husky and magnetic voice and couldn't help it. His voice captivated her, and she felt nervous. Ashley clenched Valentin’s white shirt tightly as if there was a stumbling deer in his chest.

Her finely curled eyelashes trembled slightly, with heart thumping.

Just when she hesitated and wanted to retreat, Valentin suddenly raised his hand, grabbed the back of her head, and lowered his head to kiss her directly.

Ashley was stunned for a moment.

The next moment, she felt Valentin’s sweet breath.

The flirtatious and lingering kiss drained Ashley of her strength.

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She lay limp in Valentin’s arms, her mind blank, and could only accept his kiss.

After a long time, Valentin hugged Ashley's waist with one hand and clasped the back of her head with the other hand. Then, he reluctantly stepped away and gently bit Ashley’s juicy lips.

Ashley felt as if she couldn’t breathe, and her eyes filled with tears. The end of her eyes was flushed, and her sights looked extremely charming.

Feeling dizzy and weak, she leaned on Valentin as a support.

Valentin enjoyed her compliance. He kissed her eyebrows, the tip of her nose, and her lips gently as if to kiss her all over. “It's a bit itchy.” Ashley tilted her head and avoided his lingering kiss.

Valentin chuckled and hugged her hard. He stared at her obsessively and lowered his voice. “I’m sorry. | just love you so much.” Ashley was touched, and she looked at him in confusion. “Why do you love me?”

He naturally asked back, “Why don’t | love you?”

Judging by his tone, he treated his affection toward Ashley as a matter of

course.

Ashley said, “I’m serious with you.”

Valentin replied, “So did I.”

Ashley choked on his words.

She couldn't utter a word to refute.

“By the way, Cara, who had an affair with you today, me.” Ashley suddenly remembered this coincidence.

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“| didn’t pay attention to it.” After he found out he was involved in a scandal, he immediately dropped his business for fear of being misunderstood by Ashley.

He didn’t care about Cara’s identity.

Ashley took out her phone and found Cara’s photo. “Take a look.” Valentin glanced at it casually. “She is not as pretty as you.” 09:25

Ashley said, “I’m not asking you to compare her to me.”

Valentin replied, “A little bit, with few similarities.”

Ashley flipped through a few more photos. Cara grew up in an orphanage, and Ashley wondered if she had something to do with the Pliskin family.

But she didn’t expect Cara to cross paths with Charlie.

Valentin frowned slightly. He discovered his name would be linked to any online search because of the scandal with Cara. He immediately got furious and called Tom to deal with the online. gossip.

“Well, Mr. Kingsley. | got it.” Tom understood Valentin’s mind and even advised, “I'll have your name associated with Ms. Ramos.” Valentin said, “Well.”

He only wanted to be associated with Ashley, not anyone else.

Hearing this conversation, Ashley found Valentin’s behavior ridiculous.

Ashley immediately said to Tom on the other end of the phone, “Just deal with your business. Don’t involve me in it.”

Tom was stunned for a moment and greeted. “Hello, Ms. Ramos.”

He then realized Ashley had stayed with Valentin.

It meant the scandal hadn't affected the relationship between Valentin and Ashley.

Valentin’s mood was always affected by Ashley. If Ashley felt displeased, Valentin would be in a bad mood, either. In that case, Tom and other colleagues would fall into panic.

Early the next morning, Joseph came over cheerfully. “Good morning, Valentin and Ashley.”

Ashley still sat at the dining table, having breakfast.

Valentin expertly picked up a shrimp and fed it to her.

Ashley felt awkward and refused to have it at first, but she noticed

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Valentin kept the move and didn’t withdraw his hand.

Ashley had no choice but to take it in one bite.Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

“Ouch! What do you mean by it?” Joseph pretended to cover his eyes but peeked through his fingers. Ashley swallowed the food and said, “Why are you here so early? We haven't even finished breakfast.” Joseph directly sat down at the dining table. “I came to join you for breakfast. Can you feed me a shrimp, Valentin?” Then, Valentin glanced at Joseph coldly.

Joseph had already guessed the result.

But he enjoyed teasing Valentin.

After breakfast, Joseph proposed excitedly, “Valentin is off this weekend. Why not we go for an outing together, Ashley?” Ashley replied, “How childish you are! | can’t believe you like outings.”

“Do you want to go, Ashley?” Joseph asked.

“Nope.”

“What about you, Valentin?” Joseph asked again.

“Nope.”

Joseph nodded understandingly. If Ashley refused, it was impossible Valentin to agree with it.

Ashley chatted with Joseph for a while and then got a call from Noah of StarGavel Auctions.

Joseph noticed the caller and basically guessed Noah’s purpose. He hurriedly asked Ashley to turn on the speakerphone. “I'm sorry to bother you so early, Ms. Ramos.”

Ashley replied, “Never mind. Go ahead, please.”

“Well, Ms. Ramos.” Noah said excitedly. “Today, a client brought in a painting for me to auction, and | found it was a painting named Territory from contemporary artist Aurora Easel.

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‘Aurora’s painting has been sought after by many people, who are willing to pay a high price for it, and if it can be successfully auctioned, we'll surely make a handsome commission. I'd like to take Territory for your inspection if you’re free now. Are you available?”

‘No need.” Ashley smiled and replied, “Your Territory is a fake.”

Noah was stunned. “How can you tell it’s fake when you haven't appraised it, Ms. Ramos?” Joseph also felt confused. He didn’t expect Ashley to authenticate it without an observation. After a while, Ashley said, “The original Territory is in my house.”

Joseph choked on her words in shock.

Noah was surprised and expressed his gratitude.

After Ashley hung up the phone, Joseph immediately turned to look at Valentin. “Where is the original painting? Is it in the study?”

Valentin grinned, raised his chin slightly, and gestured in Ashley’s direction. “In the place where her grandparents used to live.”

“It's in Ashley's former house.” Joseph turned to look at Ashley and said excitedly, “Aurora is very mysterious. She only paints and never shows her face. Did you meet her when you bought the painting, Ashley?”

Ashley blinked and said nothing.

Joseph looked at Valentin again. “Since you know where Aurora’s painti is, were you there when Ashley bought it? Have you met Aurora?”

Valentin sat on the couch with a casual attitude. “What do you say?” Joseph scratched his head in confusion, and suddenly, a bold guess came to his mind. He turned to look at Ashley dumbfounded.

“Is the artist Aurora you, Ashley?”