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 Jeremy.

he didn’t

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

expressionlessly, her voice cold. “Jeremy,

her cold attitude, but he knew he deserved it. After all, it was all his fault. “Ashley, I’m truly sorry. I was wrong all along!

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

blind and neglectful. I never fulfilled my duty as your older brother…

fault. I shouldn’t have treated you

Chapter 47

pained expression, tears glistening

his

lightly, her tone indifferent. “Oh, so what? Just because you admit you were wrong now, does that erase all the physical and

and forgiven him on the spot upon hearing such heartfelt apologies. She

having experienced repeated heartaches and despair, no longer held any expectations for the Ramos

words, Jeremy felt as if a huge stone had

erase all the abuse and insults I subjected Ashley

could never forget how he had treated Ashley in

remorseful, suffocating his chest and

brought Ashley back to the Ramos family. She was so

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

everyone.

family and her desire for recognition from the

humility, she received no ounce

dwell on how he had treated her in the

and trying to

addition to verbal abuse, he

baulted her, including hitting her

realization of how he had mistreated his own sister struck Jeremy like a bolt of lightning.

hand and

believe I used to treat you like that. How could

sister? I’m such

hit

Jeremy slapped himself again, begging

her expression calm and undisturbed. She looked at Jeremy and said, “Jeremy, I

struck his heart,

she regretted saving

in him to have said