Save Myself From Desperation by Cara Agnes novel Chapter 194

"What happened?" Valentin remembered. She'd said she had something to ask him since breakfast and hadn't had the time to do so until now.

"Sit down first." Valentin pulled her to sit down in the wicker chair next to him.

A silver coffee pot sat on the glass round table, rising in a curling mist that gave off the aroma of coffee.

Valentin leaned over and picked up the silver coffee pot, pouring her coffee with a pleasing elegance and nobility from his bones.

Not having the mood to admire his elegance at the moment, Ashley said directly, "I hear you have had a crush on someone for over ten years."

Instantly, Valentin stopped pouring coffee.

The scene was deathly quiet.

It took several seconds before his eyelashes fluttered lightly. Putting the coffee pot down, he looked up at her and said in a deep voice, "Where did you hear that?"

"I heard about it from Joseph when I went to the diner this morning." Ashley blinked. "I was sneaking over to try to scare him from behind when I happened to hear him tell Jaden that you have a crush on someone for over ten years and haven't been able to pursue her."

Valentin fell silent.

Ashley didn't notice her subconsciously pinching her dress. "Is Joseph telling the truth or not?"

She thought, 'He's liked that person for over ten years. Such a long time.'

Valentin looked at her silently, as if he had only been looking at her for a few seconds and as if he had looked at her for as long as a century.

Finally, he admitted, "It's true."

Ashley's eyelashes fluttered twice at his words, like butterfly wings fluttering in panic. She said slowly, "Oh."

Standing up suddenly, Valentin walked over to her and squatted down on one knee, his sight at her level.

He looked at her, his eyes unusually shadowy. "Since you know I have a crush on someone, you've been doing what you should have been doing from this morning until now. Doesn't that bother you at all?"

Valentin thought, 'Isn't she jealous at all?'

Ashley's pupils quivered, and she lowered her eyes. After two seconds, she looked up at him and said honestly, "I was hungry this morning, but after I heard what Joseph said, I ran back to ask you without eating. I was more surprised than anything else. I didn't believe it. If you like someone, how can you not go after her? Then, since you like someone and we're supposed to get divorced soon, let's just get divorced when the time comes."

Valentin almost laughed in irritation, thinking, 'She's so decisive.'

Ashley suddenly frowned, "If you have someone you like, why did you want to fulfill your conjugal duties with me before?"

Valentin looked at her without a word for a long time before suddenly asking, "You've always loved watching the snow since you were a kid, haven't you?"

Ashley nodded subconsciously. "Yes."

Then she looked puzzled and thought, 'How did the conversation suddenly get to watching the snow?'

And with the recent weather, neither in the country nor Manditus, Yaloria, where they were now, had snowed.

Valentin looked at her deeply. "It's snowing in Osakin, Begian. Why don't we skip the return today and just fly there?"

"Huh?" Ashley was stunned.

Osakin in Begian was known as the snow country. When she was a child, she saw this place in a book and excitedly pointed it out to Valentin, saying that they would go to Begian together to see the snow in the future. But they had a falling out later, and their childhood promise was never kept.

Ashley thought, 'Why is he suddenly going there now? A pre-divorce trip?'

Ashley scratched her head, feeling weird. "Is this appropriate?"

Valentin said, "Didn't we agree when we were kids that we would go there together?"

Ashley's heart clenched slightly at his mention of their childhood, and she said in confusion, "Why do you suddenly want to go now? Is there something wrong?"

"Yes."

Valentin looked at her without moving, with deep eyes that swirled in a circle of faintly visible ripples.

He thought, 'Since it's come to this, I'll tell her who I like.'

Hearing his answer, Ashley blinked in confusion, not knowing what he wanted to do. Since he was really up to something, she nodded and said gently, "Alright, let's go together."

Jaden's ocean blue eyes swirled with smiling. "Have a good time, then."

Ashley was speechless.

Miranda smiled with two cute dimples on her face. "Ashley, have a nice trip with Mr. Kingsley."

Ashley stayed silent. She thought, 'We're actually on a divorce tour this time and don't care if it's nice.'

It was definitely too late for them to book a flight. Valentin made a call. The Kingsley Group had two long-established branches in the neighboring city. He asked someone to send a private jet, which they took directly to Osakin in Begian.

Valentin had organized everything so that Ashley didn't have to worry about anything but bringing herself along.

In the afternoon, the plane arrived at snow country and landed at a snow lodge resort.

As soon as she stepped off the plane, Ashley saw a world of white snow and ice, her feet crunching as she stepped on it, and snowflakes floating in the air, falling from the sky in a flurry.

Not far away, the pine forest stretched into the mountains, covering the pine branches with snow. She could vaguely see a few elk strolling through the snow, like a forest wonderland.

Ashley had put on a warm jacket and clothes on the plane at Valentin's instruction, so she didn't feel cold at all now.

The two had just gotten off the plane, and the resort manager, Jackson Milan, who had long been waiting for them, led a group of people to greet them with smiles as if they were greeting their boss.

Ashley was surprised for a moment. After listening for a while, she realized that the Kingsley Group owned the igloo resort.

"Mr. Kingsley, Ms. Ramos, we have everything ready. This way, please."

After a few pleasantries, Jackson invited Valentin and Ashley to the igloo.

While Jackson was leading the way, Ashley quietly tugged on Valentin's sleeve and asked him with her eyes what was going on.

Valentin reached out and rubbed her head. "Haven't you loved this place since you were a kid?"

Ashley was stunned for a moment, her pretty eyes filling with dismay, thinking, 'He developed an igloo resort here because I said I liked it when I was a kid?'

Valentin raised his hand and brushed away the few snowflakes that fell on her hair. His low, husky voice was sexy and provocative. "From now on, we can come over whenever you want, okay?"