Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

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Around ten in the morning, Ashley and Joseph followed Paul to the National Museum.

Paul pointed to the crowd before and explained, “Over there is the visitor’s entrance to the museum,

which is visited by many tourists every day. We’ll go in through the special channel here. It’ll take about

ten minutes to get to the restoration team’s office.”

Joseph was extremely surprised for a while. This special channel is not allowed to be used by ordinary

people. In other words, only senior officers could go through it.

Paul had led them through the special channel for the fake of Ashley.

Joseph was happy to bask in Ashley’s reflected glory.

Joseph stared at Ashley with admiring eyes and decided to ride her coattails from now on.

Just when they almost reached the restoration team, Paul suddenly received a call with an anxious

expression, as if something had happened.

Paul hung up the phone and hurriedly said to Ashley, “Ms. Ramos, something happened at the

museum. I have to go over there and deal. with it right away. I’m really sorry. The house in front is the

studio of the ancient painting restoration team. Please rest in with Mr. Fox first, and I’ll be back soon.”

Ashley understood the urgency of what had happened at the museu and immediately nodded. “It

doesn’t matter. Take your time, please.”

Paul left in a hurry to deal with urgent matters, leaving some instructions.

Ashley and Joseph walked to the restoration team’s studio. It was a spacious and bright room with a

dozen restorers gathered in it, but it seemed not crowded.

Ashley looked around and unexpectedly found Charlie in the crowd.

Before Ashley met Charlie, Charlie caught glimpses at Ashley of the door and wondered why Ashley

showed up there, even followed by Joseph.

Ashley was indeed the master of landscape oil painting, Aurora. But she

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had no idea about cultural relic restoration and was no help at all.

“Ashley!” Simon in the crowd noticed Ashley’s figure at this moment and immediately greeted her with

surprise. “Ashley!”

Ashley was also surprised and greeted. “Mr. Hunt.”

She didn’t expect to meet Simon here.

Simon held the Skyward Art Exhibition some time ago and invited Ashley to attend. At that time,

everyone learned about Aurora’s real identity as Ashley. At the exhibition, Simon said he and Ashley’s

grandfather had been friends for many years.

The others didn’t feel surprised at Ashley and Simon’s close relationship, and they were just confused

at Ashley’s presence here.

Simon wore a suit, walked over energetically, and asked with a smile, “Why are you here, Ashley?”

Ashley answered truthfully, “Mr. Walker took me here.”

Hearing Ashley’s words, Charlie’s eyes widened instantly in shock. He wondered if Paul personally

took Ashley here.

He had a bold guess in mind.

Simon stroked his gray beard and laughed heartily. “I didn’t expect Paul to invite you here, Ashley. But

Paul invited me over, too. As a painter, I have no idea about restoration, let alone help.”

His description amused the others present.

A restorer wearing glasses said, “How modest you are, Mr. Hunt! Yo have such a deep understanding

of ancient paintings and have held many exhibitions. Perhaps you can give us some valuable advice on

restoration.”

Simon joked with them for a while, then took Ashley to the side and whispered, “I heard about you and

Charlie. Don’t worry. I’ll back you up here. He won’t dare to bully you with me around.”

Ashley was touched and grinned. “Thank you, Mr. Hunt.”

Joseph took the chance to interrupt, “Count me in! I’ll back you up here,

either.”

Valentin had asked him to take good care of Ashley.

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At this time, Charlie looked at Ashley not far away and suddenly realized that Ashley had been invited

over as Aurora. He guessed Paul should invite her in for some advice.

Otherwise, Paul wouldn’t have brought her here.

She had no idea about cultural relic restoration and could only provide some irrelevant suggestions.

Paul said he would bring Rita over, and Charlie wondered when they would arrive.

On the other hand, Simon led Ashley to the table, pointed to the damaged ancient painting, and said,

“What Paul wants to restore is this famous painting, Auburn Symphony, but the painting has been

passed down for more than a thousand years, and it has suffered serious damage after wars.”

Hence, the painting was difficult to restore.

Joseph lowered his head, looked over, and found it ridiculous. “Damn it! Is there mold on it? Are there

stains? Why are there still two holes in here?”

In his opinion, the painting had lost its value.

Ashley recognized the Auburn Symphony and widened her eyes in shock. This was a painting that his

grandfather longed for during his lifetime. He had always wanted to view the original painting, but he

couldn’t find it anywhere.

She finally witnessed the original Auburn Symphony today, but her grandfather had passed away, and

he could never enjoy it anymore.

Joseph asked in a low voice uneasily, “Can this painting be restored, Ashley? I have no idea about it,

but I can tell how seriously damaged it

The restoration was too difficult to complete.

Moreover, Hanson from Yaloria would visit Zyrrinthia next week, and the painting needed to be

displayed at the state dinner, leaving no room for any slippage.

Ashley still felt sorry for her grandfather’s pity. She stared at the damaged painting on the table and

didn’t hear Joseph’s question.

Ashley’s silence left Joseph uneasy. He suddenly realized the restoration

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wouldn’t go well.

Ashley was good at restoring cultural relics, but she didn’t respond, indicating that the restoration would

be difficult.

At this moment, Simon frowned and said unhappily, “Why is she here?”

Joseph looked up curiously and found Cara coming.

It turned out that Charlie had just gone out and picked up Cara.

Joseph was extremely speechless and rolled his eyes at Charlie.

Charlie heard Cara when he hid around the corner in the hallway, but he still hung out with her, which

meant he deserved to be set up by her.

Ashley came back to her senses and met Cara, but she always stayed . calm, without any emotions in

her eyes.

The other restorers in the room all learned Cara’s character from the online recording, so they didn’t

take Cara seriously.

“What is Cara doing here?”

“This is the restoration studio. Why did you bring someone else here?”

“That’s right! Everything in the room is important, and she can’t enter it without permission.”

Hearing others’ sarcastic remarks, Cara still kept a gentle smile and said gently, “I came to Mr. Ramos

today because I found a way to repair this ancient painting.”