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.

and then

matter, and he didn’t want

aside for a while. However, he just stayed

her voice cold. “Jeremy, there’s nothing for us to talk about.”

attitude, but he knew he deserved it. After all, it was all his

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

being blind and neglectful. I never fulfilled

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

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expression, tears glistening in

his

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

such heartfelt apologies. She would have accepted his apology and happily resumed their sibling

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

Ashley’s words, Jeremy felt as if a huge stone had struck his chest.

asked himself, ‘Can acknowledging my mistakes erase all the abuse and insults I subjected Ashley

how he had treated Ashley in

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

first brought Ashley back to

fit into the family and gain their approval, she sacrificed her true self. She became submissive, always accommodating,

everyone.

the Ramos family led her to this lowly

she received no ounce

dared not dwell on how he had treated

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,

addition to verbal abuse, he

at her, causing her to baulted her,

had mistreated his own sister struck Jeremy like a bolt of

raised his hand and slapped himself

sorry. I couldn’t believe I used to treat

sister? I’m such a bastard!”

hit

tears welling up in his eyes, Jeremy slapped himself again, begging for Ashley’s

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

his heart,

said she regretted saving

extremely disappointed in him to have said