“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.
Asilver coffee pot sat on the ss 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 eyshes fluttered lightly. Putting the coffee pot down, he looked up at her and said in a deep
voice, “Where did you hear that?”
“| heard about it from Joseph when | went to the diner this morning.” Ashley blinked. “I was sneaking over to try to scare him from
behind when | 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 eyshes fluttered twice at his words, like butterfly wings fluttering in panic. She said slowly, “Oh.”
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few elk strolling through the ssQow. like a forest wondend.
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people greet them with samites as if they were greeting their boss.
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After a few pleasannies. Jackson invited Valentin and Ashley to the igloo.
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I liked it when | was a kid?”
Valentin raised his hand and brushed away the few snowkes that fell on her hair. His low, husky voice was sexy and
provocative. “From now on, we cane over whenever you want, bkay?”
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