Save Myself From Desperation by Cara Agnes novel Chapter 227

Yakira and Lindo had come here on an impromptu basis. After discussing with Zain and talking to Valentin and Joseph, they got up and were ready to leave.

Zain would have liked to keep them for dinner, but Lindo had other commitments and couldn't stay.

Zain didn't insist, as they were all acquaintances and could have dinner together anytime, and sent them away with a smile.

Turning back to the living room and seeing Ashley, Zain was happy and intimate. "Ashley, I haven't visited you in a while. How are you doing? Are you okay?"

Ashley smiled sweetly, her eyes curved into a crescent moon, bright and moving. "Grandpa, it should be me coming over to see you more often. I've been doing well lately and even gained weight!"

"No, Ashley. Why do I think you have lost weight again?" Zain felt Ashley was skinny and quickly said, "Come on, the dinner is ready. Let's sit down and eat first!"

"Grandpa, did you forget about me? You don't care about me at all!" Joseph interjected, accusing Zain of being biased. "I'm definitely not your biological grandson!"

"You brat. You're so tall. It's hard for me to ignore you!" Zain narrowed his eyes and looked Joseph up and down. "Joseph, why are you only getting taller and not growing your brain?"

Joseph was instantly sad and turned to Valentin. "Valentin, did you hear that? Grandpa said I haven't grown my brain. How could he say that about his grandson?"

Valentin gave him a sidelong glance and said slowly, "Grandpa is right."

Joseph was lost for words.

He thought, 'I'm at the bottom of the food chain in this family? I can't live with this!'

But the next moment, seeing the fragrant pan-fried beef steak with black pepper on the table, Joseph ran over excitedly. "Wow! Grandpa, I know you still love me! You had the chef prepare so many of my favorite dishes!"

Zain shook his head helplessly. "That's for Ashley. You're benefiting from Ashley!"

Joseph didn't care. "It means Ashley and I have similar tastes. It's called fate!"

Zain sat in the main seat.

Valentin pulled out a chair for Ashley, and they sat on the same side of the dining table.

Joseph, a bachelor, sat on the other side of it.

Not long after eating, Zain looked over at Valentin and Ashley and said worriedly, "Ashley, it's going to be a year since you and Valentin got married. I remember that your first wedding anniversary is in five days. When are you going to have the wedding? If you don't have a wedding, people won't even know you're married."

Ashley's heart trembled slightly.

There were five days to go until their first wedding anniversary.

Looking back a year ago, she was naive enough to get a marriage license with Valentin and sign divorce papers for a year. She thought, 'Time flies...'

Ashley gently touched Valentin's leg under the dining table and asked him to reply to Zain.

Valentin glanced down at Ashley's leg next to his, feeling the warmth of her body heat and the softness of her touch through the thin fabric with a faint fragrance.

His heart moved slightly, and he looked up at her, calmly holding her knee under the dining table and rubbing it gently.

Ashley sat up straight in an instant like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her spine tensing.

She thought, 'Where is he putting his hand?'

Seeing her in this lively and adorable state, Valentin teasingly raised an eyebrow before looking at Zain sitting in the main seat. "Grandpa, we'll do it as soon as we can."

Zain nodded repeatedly. "That's good! I'm not rushing you guys. More than anything, I want you to take care of Ashley and the two of you to be together."

Listening to Zain's words, Joseph bit the steak and was happy, thinking, 'Let Valentin and Ashley bear the responsibility for the marriage.

'But Ashley's expression isn't quite right. She's sitting there with her head down and not eating. What is she doing?'