Save Myself From Desperation novel Chapter 213

"There was an issue at the company, and my brother had to dash to the office." Joseph bounced around in front of Ashley, curious. "Ashley, where did you disappear this afternoon?"

"I went to the hospital." Since the DNA test was already done, Ashley didn't hide it from Joseph.

As she talked, she walked to the sofa and sat down. Ashley spotted sliced watermelon on the fruit plate, picked up a piece, and started eating.

"What? To the hospital?" Joseph became nervous. "Why would you go to the hospital for no reason? Are you sick? Where does it hurt? You have to tell Valentin!"

Joseph reached for his phone, ready to call Valentin, looking all anxious.

Ashley quickly stopped him with a twitch at the corner of her mouth. "Calm down. I'm not sick."

Relieved, Joseph put down his phone and sighed, "You scared me! I thought something happened to you. So, if you didn't go to the hospital because you're sick, did you visit someone?"

"Not to visit someone, but to do another DNA test with the Pliskin family," Ashley briefly explained the condition, also sharing the results with Joseph.

Sitting on the sofa beside her, Joseph rubbed his chin and pondered. "So, George and Lester doubted the results of the first DNA test. That's why they quietly had another one done. According to this latest result, you really have no relation to the Pliskin family?"

Ashley nodded, swallowing a piece of watermelon. "I was born a Ramos."

Joseph objected, "Ashley, those folks from the Ramos family who don't appreciate you aren't your family. Associating you with them is an insult!"

Joseph raised an eyebrow, smiling confidently and carefree, "Anyway, now that you're married to my brother. From now on, Valentin, me, and my grandpa are your family!"

Ashley felt warmth and smiled, "Why are you so good with words?"

"I'm just stating the facts!" Joseph lifted his chin and grinned, exuding a confident vibe.

"By the way!" Joseph suddenly remembered something and asked with vigilance, "That guy, Andrew, has he been looking for you lately?"

"No." Ashley shook her head, surprised. "Why are you concerned about him?"

"Concerned? I'm just helping my brother guard against his love rivals!" Joseph declared with a righteous expression.

Ashley thought for a moment. "Fine."

Joseph moved closer to Ashley, asking in a hushed tone, "Ashley, what's going on between you and Andrew? Tell me. I promise not to tell anyone."

Ashley looked amused. With Joseph's gossiping mouth, who would believe that?

"I just knew him from before." Ashley didn't want to dwell on it, giving a simple answer.

"Then, when we were in Manditus, what did he want by taking you away? Is he up to no good, planning something malicious?"

Ashley was also puzzled about that. Andrew claimed she had promised him something, but she hadn't figured out what he meant.

"According to my brother, Andrew took you to a seaside villa?" Joseph commented, "Hmm, he seems to know how to be romantic."

"Romantic?" Ashley found it amusing. "There's nothing romantic about it. Andrew is actually a bit afraid of water."

"Afraid of water?" Joseph was surprised. "Really? Someone like him is afraid of water? Is he faking it?"

Ashley sighed lightly.

When she first met Andrew, she learned a bit about his past.

Andrew was often abused by his parents when he was a child, with marks of beatings all over his body. On his sixth birthday, he was thrown into a swimming pool by his mother.