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

he didn’t want to interfere too much.

a while. However,

Joseph walked away, Ashley stared at Jeremy expressionlessly, her voice cold. “Jeremy, there’s

deserved it. After all, it was all his fault. “Ashley, I’m truly sorry. I

You were the one who risked everything to save me.

fault for being blind and neglectful. I never fulfilled my duty

I shouldn’t have treated you like that.”

Chapter 47

pained expression, tears glistening in eyes.

his

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

forgiven him on the spot upon hearing such heartfelt apologies. She would have accepted his apology and

any expectations for the

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

erase all the

forget how he had treated Ashley in

made him feel tortured and remorseful, suffocating his chest and

time when they first brought Ashley back to the Ramos family. She was so vibrant, charming,

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

everyone.

for family and her desire for recognition from the Ramos family led her to this lowly and submissive position.

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

dared not dwell on how he had treated her in

offensive words at her. He even accused her of having a malicious heart and trying to steal

verbal abuse, he also

water cups at her, causing her to baulted her, including hitting her with

realization of how he had mistreated his own sister struck Jeremy

hand and slapped himself hard.

truly sorry. I couldn’t believe

I’m such

hit

in his eyes, Jeremy slapped

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

had struck his heart, and every drop of his blood seemed to have frozen.

said she regretted saving him.

disappointed in him to have said something like