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.

at Ashley and then

he didn’t want to interfere too

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

her voice cold. “Jeremy, there’s nothing for us

a sting from her cold attitude, but he knew he deserved it. After all, it was all his fault. “Ashley, I’m truly sorry. I

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

my fault for being blind and neglectful. I

it’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have treated you

Chapter 47

with a pained expression, tears glistening

his

now, does that erase all the physical and verbal abuse I was

hearing such heartfelt apologies. She would have accepted his

longer held any expectations for the Ramos family.

felt as if a huge

erase all the abuse and

could never forget how he had

feel tortured and remorseful, suffocating his chest and making it hard

back to the

gain their approval, she sacrificed her true self. She became submissive, always accommodating, and trailed behind them, trying to please

everyone.

her desire for recognition from the Ramos family

no

not dwell on how he had

even accused her of having a malicious heart and trying to steal Jessica’s position as the Ramos family

addition to verbal abuse, he also physically

cups at her, causing her to baulted

he had mistreated his own

his hand and slapped

I couldn’t believe I used to treat you like

own sister? I’m such a

hit

up in his eyes, Jeremy slapped himself again, begging

the horizon, her expression calm and undisturbed. She

his heart,

regretted saving

in him to have said something like