Ashley looked at George and was about to say something, but Lester was the first to speak. “Ashley, we are friends. How could
we not help when someone bullied you?”
Ashley smiled, “Thank you.”
In fact, she could deal with Ryan herself.
But being cared about so much by a friend made her uncontrobly feel
warm.
Miranda heard George’s words and watched the group of bodyguards walking towards Ryan. She was a little worried and
wanted to say something, but she finally didn’t say anything.
George and Lester had nned to have dinner with Ashley, but after Ryan’s disturbance, Ashley was not in the mood and
returned to the hotel.
“Ashley, you...” Joseph followed Ashley and asked worriedly. “Are you okay?”
“I''m fine,” Ashley nced at him and said. “Don’t fight in the future. How should | exin to Valentin if you get beaten up?”
Joseph felt underestimated. He puffed up his chest and said, “Don’t look down on me. I’m an excellent fighter, okay? Ryan is no
match for me.”
Ashley raised an eyebrow. “Really? Are you that powerful?”
Joseph was proud. “Of course!”
“Okay. I''ll trust you this time.” Ashley chatted with Joseph for a while before going back to the room to rest.
Looking at her back, Joseph sighed, “I have to tell Valentin about thisPlease check at N/?vel(D)rama.Org.
matter.”
Joseph returned to his room. Before sitting down, Jaden and Bryce came
over.
“How’s the result?” Jaden asked immediately.
Joseph spread his hands. “Ashley has no blood rtionship with the Pliskin family. They have found the wrong person again. |
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Ashley couldpletely cut off from the Ramos family.”
Bryce frowned slightly.
Jaden didn’t speak. When he was silent, his mixed-race facial features looked more handsome. After a while, he looked at
Joseph with his blue eyes. “Is there a flight ticket back to Zyrrinthia tomorrow?”
Joseph nced at him lightly. “You won’t return to Zyrrinthia with us. Why did you care about this?”
Jaden was speechless.
He suddenly smiled, “Dear, why do you reject me so much?”
Joseph rolled his eyes at Jaden and kicked him. “Get out.”
Bryce watched the two of them calmly. He was used to seeing it and didn’t find it surprising.
Ashley took a bath after returning to the room.
Shey in the bathtub, soaking her whole body in the hot water. The water rippled, and the steam rose up, seeming to evaporate
away the fatigue in her heart.
Ashleyy there quietly, closing his eyes and gradually rxing.
Suddenly, the mobile phone ced aside rang.
Ashley wiped her hands, picked up the phone, and took a look.
It was a video call from Valentin.
Ashley rejected it.
She soon received a message.
Valentin sent: [Why did you reject it?]
Ashley typed and replied: [I’m taking a bath. Wait a moment.]
Valentin sighed helplessly on the other end of the phone.
After taking the bath, Ashley came out of the bathroom, dried her hair with a hair dryer, andy downfortably on the bed to
call Valentin.
The video call connected instantly.
Valentin looked at Ashley on the screen. Her skin was tender and wless,
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and her lips were moist and red, like delicate roses, tempting him to pluck.
After a bath, her eyes seemed filled with hazy mist. When she looked at the camera, she exuded a tempting charm.
Valentin’s eyes suddenly darkened a bit. He slightly lowered his eyes to hide the surging emotions in his eyes, and then he said
in a hoarse voice, “Joseph told me what happened today!”
Ashley shook her head helplessly. Joseph was quite a bbermouth.
“Did you take a paternity test with the Pliskin family?” Valentin asked.
“Yeah, I’m not rted to the Pliskin family by blood.” Ashleyy on the bed, holding the mobile phone in one hand and supporting
her chin with the other. “They found the wrong person. Lester thought | was his lost sister from childhood. | told them | had done
paternity tests with the Ramos family before, and | was identified as the daughter of the Ramos family.
Valentin looked at her for a moment, and his eyes showed a hint of emotion. He suddenly said, “I''lle to you now.”
“Ah?” Ashley was shocked upon hearing this. She sat up from the bed. “Now? | will return to Zyrrinthia tomorrow.”
She thought, ‘What’s wrong with him?”
Valentin stared at her and said in a low voice, “You are in a mood.”
Stunned, Ashley blinked and moved closer to the camera. She pursed he cherry lips slightly and asked with a charming smile,
“I''m in a mood? How did you see that?”
“Ashley.” Valentin’s eyes were deep, and his low, maic voice overflowed with affection. “I know you better than you think.”
When Ashley heard this, her smile froze, and her heart seemed wrapped in something soft, making it beat fast.
She retracted the smile she forced and lowered her head. “Okay, you know me very well. | just feel a little tired and miss my
grandparents.”
What Ryan said made Ashley feel numb and tired.
The more tired she was, the more she missed her grandparents and the days with them when she was a child.
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But her grandparents had passed away, and she would never see them again.
Ashley took a deep breath and suppressed the soreness in her heart. “But you don’t have toe to see me. | will return to
Zyrrinthian tomorrow. It will be tiring for you to make another trip.”
After speaking, Ashleyy back on the bed again, supporting her chin. with her palm and tapping her cheek gently with her
fingers. There was azy smile on her beautiful eyes. “Besides, after hearing what you said, | suddenly feel better. Really. I’m
relieved now.”
In addition to her grandparents, she still had Valentin. He grew up with her and was the one who apanied her throughout
her young life.
They were thousands of miles away, but looking at him through the camera, the fatigue in Ashley''s heart suddenly dissipated.
Valentin didn’t speak.
Ashley put her face close to the camera, blinking her big and bright eyes. “Come on, look at me. You know me so well, then take
a look and see if | am relieved.”
After saying that, she made a face.
Valentine looked at her and chuckled, “You look better.”
But he was still worried about Ashley and wanted to go to her side immediately to stay with her.
Ashley didn’t know what Valentine was thinking. After chatting for a while, she hung up the video call after learning he was busy.
Then, she surfed the Inte for some time.
In the afternoon, she heard a knock on the door.
Ashley thought it was Josephing to find her, so she walked over and opened the door.
ev was st
The door opened, and when he saw the man standing outside.
When she came to her senses, she wanted to close the door immediately.
But the man put his hand on the door panel to stop her from closing the door. The corners of his beautiful eyes were slightly
upturned. He smiled evilly, “Baby, why do you run away when you see me?”
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In the evening. Joseph came over to have dinner with Ashley.
When he raised his hand to knock on the door, he found it was not closed, so he opened it.
“Ashley, why don’t you close the door?” Joseph asked suspiciously.
The next second, he saw Ashley’s mobile phone on the carpet.
But Ashley was not in the room.