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.

glanced at Ashley and then at

matter, and he didn’t want to interfere too

would step aside for a while. However, he just stayed

Ashley stared at Jeremy expressionlessly, her voice cold. “Jeremy, there’s nothing for us to talk

he deserved it. After all, it was

who risked everything to save

being blind and neglectful. I never fulfilled my

all my fault. I shouldn’t have treated

Chapter 47

with a pained expression, tears glistening

his

so what? Just because you admit you were wrong now, does that erase all the physical and verbal abuse I

him on the spot upon hearing such heartfelt apologies. She

expectations for the Ramos family. She had no desire to

as if a huge stone had struck his

my mistakes erase all the

forget how he had

and remorseful, suffocating his chest

Ashley back to

family and gain their approval, she sacrificed her true

everyone.

recognition from the Ramos family led her to this lowly

despite her humility, she received no ounce of familial affection in return.

on how he

He even accused her of having a malicious heart and trying

abuse, he

her, causing her to baulted her, including hitting

realization of how he had mistreated his own sister struck Jeremy like

raised his hand and slapped himself

I am a scoundrel! I’m truly sorry. I couldn’t believe I used to treat

I’m such a

hit

eyes, Jeremy slapped himself again, begging for

at the setting sun on the horizon, her expression calm and undisturbed. She looked at Jeremy and said, “Jeremy, I

though a heavy hammer had struck his heart, and every drop of his blood seemed to have frozen.

regretted saving

him to have said something like that.