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

he didn’t want to interfere

step aside for a while. However, he just stayed nearby in case Jeremy dared to bully Ashley again.

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

her cold attitude, but he knew he deserved it. After all,

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

blind and neglectful. I

shouldn’t have

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a pained expression, tears glistening in

his

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

Ashley would have been excited and forgiven him on the spot upon hearing such heartfelt apologies. She would have accepted his apology and happily resumed their sibling

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

words, Jeremy felt as if a

all the abuse and insults I subjected Ashley to before?”

forget how he had

made him feel tortured and remorseful, suffocating his chest and making it

when they first brought Ashley back to the Ramos family. She

attempt to fit into the family and gain their approval, she sacrificed her true

everyone.

recognition from the Ramos family

no ounce of familial affection in

he had treated her in the past.

her of having a malicious heart and trying to steal

to verbal abuse, he

at her, causing her to baulted her, including

own sister struck

his hand and slapped

couldn’t believe I used to treat you like that. How could

I’m

hit

in his eyes, Jeremy slapped himself again,

setting sun on the horizon, her expression calm and undisturbed. She looked at Jeremy and said, “Jeremy, I regret saving you back then.”

heavy hammer had struck his heart, and every drop of his

she regretted saving

must be extremely disappointed in him to have said