Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

Chapter 47

Chapter 47

As soon as Ashley heard Jeremy’s voice, she immediately frowned in disgust.

Jeremy ran up to her, and his eyes were filled with remorse and guilt. His lips trembled, and so was his voice. “Ashley, I’m so sorry. I made an awful mistake…”

Upon hearing Jeremy’s words, Joseph looked at him with disdain and sneered, “Now you realize you were wrong? What took you so long?”

Jeremy’s face was filled with anguish. “I was deceived by Jessica. I didn’t know it was you who saved me back then. If I had known…”

Joseph’s expression of disdain deepened at Jeremy’s words.

He first glanced at Ashley, who looked thoroughly disgusted with Jeremy.

Then, Joseph couldn’t hold back any longer and ruthlessly retorted,

“So, you finally realize that Jessica deceived you? Tell me, how did she manage to fool you? Oh, right! Jessica just casually made up a lie, and you believed it without even verifying it. You didn’t even listen to Ashley’s explanation. I’m afraid you’ve never truly considered Ashley as your family. Ashley is your biological sister! Why can’t you even trust her?”

Jeremy was left speechless, blocked by Joseph’s accusations.

He couldn’t bear to argue because, in the past, he had never trusted Ashley, not even a bit.

He also had never treated her as family.

If Jeremy had shown even a single bit of trust in Ashley, he wouldn’t have easily believed Jessica’s one–sided story..

In the end, it was his failure to fulfill the responsibilities of being an older brother.

Ashley didn’t want to talk to Jeremy and tried to leave with Joseph.

“Ashley!” Jeremy exclaimed, blocking her way

“I was wrong. I shouldn’t have treated you so poorly.”

Listening to his belated apology, Ashley only felt indifferent, as if Jeremy’s words meant nothing to

her.

Jeremy looked at his biological sister, full of self–reproach, with a mind full of words he wanted to say, apologies he wanted to express, and an acknowledgment of his past mistakes. But he hesitated on how to begin.

Ashley and then at

matter, and he didn’t want

to Ashley, indicating that he would step aside for a while. However, he just stayed nearby in case Jeremy dared to

her voice

After all, it was all his fault. “Ashley, I’m truly sorry. I was wrong all along!

out too late. You were the one who risked everything to save me. You are my sister, the one I

for being blind and neglectful. I never fulfilled my duty as your

fault. I shouldn’t have treated you like

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expression, tears glistening in

his

wrong now, does that erase all the physical and verbal abuse I was subjected to in the past?”

the spot upon hearing such heartfelt apologies. She would have

having experienced repeated heartaches and despair, no longer held any expectations for the Ramos family. She had no desire to be involved with them again.

if a huge stone had struck his chest.

mistakes erase all the abuse and

never forget how he had treated Ashley in the

tortured and remorseful, suffocating his chest and making it

back to the Ramos family. She

sacrificed her true self. She became

everyone.

for family and her desire for recognition from the Ramos family led

despite her humility, she received no ounce of familial affection

not dwell on how he had treated her in the past.

verbally abused her, hurling all sorts of offensive words at her. He even accused her of having a malicious heart and trying to steal Jessica’s position as the Ramos family heiress. Furthermore, Jeremy claimed that Ashley wasn’t worthy of being

abuse, he also

baulted her, including hitting her with his belt

realization of how he had mistreated his own

raised his hand and slapped himself

a scoundrel! I’m truly sorry. I couldn’t believe I

own sister? I’m such

hit

eyes, Jeremy slapped himself again, begging for Ashley’s

horizon, her expression calm and undisturbed. She looked at Jeremy and

heavy hammer had struck his heart,

said she regretted

in him to have said something