Yakira and Lindo hade 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 othermitments 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, | 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 meing over to see
you more often. I’ve been doing welltely and even gained weight!”
“No, Ashley. Why do | 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, using 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 | haven''t grown my brain. How could
he say that about his grandson?”
Valentin gave him a sidelong nce 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? | can’t live with this!’
But the next moment, seeing the fragrant pan-fried beef steak with ck oper on the table, Joseph ran over excitedly. “Wow!
Grandpa, | know
pepper
you still love me! You had the chef prepare so many of my favorite
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Zain shook his head helplessly. “That''s for Ashley. You''re benefiting from Ashley!”
Joseph didn’t care. “It means Ashley and | have simr 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. | 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 him to reply to Zain.
Valentin nced down at Ashley’s leg next to his, feeling the warn her body heat and the softness of her touch through the thin
fabric 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.”
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Zain nodded repeatedly. “That’s good! I’m not rushing you guys. More than anything, | 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?’
At this time, Ashley had no appetite for food at all and only wanted to eat Valentin!
She thought, ‘Why doesn’t Valentin eat but put his hand on my knee? And he’s squeezing and pinching, like he’s having an affair
with me, making my heart beat so fast. What if someone sees us?”
On the other side, Joseph was happily biting into his steak when he suddenly heard Zain change the subject to him.
“Joseph, you''re not young anymore. Don’t mess around outside anymore. Have a good rtionship, and don’t make those
messes.”
Not loving those words, Joseph put down his steak and said, “Grandpa, why do you say that? When did | mess around outside?
I''ve been peacefultely. I’ve been honest and righteous!”
“Then get yourself a wife and show me!”
Joseph was dumbfounded and said shamelessly, “Grandpa, don I’m still a child! How could any child in the world get married?’
He didn’t want to get married now and feltfortable being ald whatever he wanted with no one bothering him.
Zain wanted to p Joseph on the back of the head when he heard Joseph talking nonsense.
Joseph immediately stopped Zain, bing serious in his demeanor, and said solemnly, “Okay, Grandpa. I''ll tell you why I’m not
in a rtionship today.”
Ashley stopped caring about Valentin’s hand on her knee at once at his wwords and looked toward Joseph curiously.
SShe thought, ‘Did he have any emotional injuries before? Or is there a wwoman deep in his heart that he can’t forget?’
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Eviven Valentin looked at Joseph.
Hele knew Joseph but didn’t know that Joseph still had such deep thoughts.
Jokesuph sat there, looking into the six eyes of the three people in front of himad said solemnly. “If | tell you, you must keep my
secret.”
Ashleienodded. ‘We''ll keep it confidential. Go ahead.”
Jokes pigished. looking lonely, “Actually, I’m an angel and not allowed to
Ashley y fe confused.
Valentinerea speechless.
Zain was sooungry that he grabbed a nearby stick and tried to hit Joseph.This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.
Joseph immediately jumped up and ducked out of the way, holding in hisuginter until it is ist stomach hurt. “You guys asked
me, and | answered. And you guys didiubetheve me when | finished. What can | do?”
Ashley was spenardekess.
She thougin, What a waste of my feelings! I’ve been worrying about him for nothing.
After dinner, Ashley were with Zain to water the flowers in the sshouse in the cardeitto for a while as a walk.
Then she followed Valentino the room on the second floor y used to live.
he
Once inside, Ashley didn’t have one to look around the room furnishings when her cell phonesdienly rang.
The caller ID showed “Andrewwhhe asshole.”
Ashley subconsciously tried to bingbbm suddenly remembered forgetting Andrew’s birthday inst me the potted out her cheeks in
tangle and took a deep breath as she edit to Valentin, Tm going to answer a phone call first.
After saying that, she ran to the balcony
Valentin saw the caller ID) on her cell phone and thinew it was from Andrew
He thought, Ashley specifically avoideti meandran to the balcony to
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balcony.
Ss
eyes became serious. A little angry, he walked towards the