Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

Chapter 93

Matthew suddenly glared at her with a frown.

“Snap!”

With a loud slap, he struck Jessica across the face..

Jessica was utterly stunned and covered her face with her hand.

“Matthew, how could you hit me?” She exclaimed..

The slap was so forceful that her face began to swell.

Jessica was already frustrated. She was on the show with Matthew today, hoping that after Matthew met Ash, she would be able to bond with the famous Ash herself.

But fate dealt her a harsh blow.

She had never expected Ashley to be Ash!

Watching Ashley being praised and admired by everyone, Jessica’s jealousy grew uncontrollably, her insides burning with rage.

Ashley, that despicable woman, always seemed better than her in every aspect!

During the two years since Ashley’s return to the Ramos Villa, she had been treated like an unwanted child, unloved by her family. It should. have been Jessica who was in the spotlight, receiving all the praise.

Now, everything had changed.

Jessica couldn’t accept it, nor could she bear it!

She covered her swollen face, and her mind grew increasingly sinister.

Jessica insinuated slyly. “Matthew, I know that finding out Ashley is Ash must have been a huge shock to you…

“Ashley is really something… Why didn’t she tell you earlier that she was Ash?”

Jessica’s words were undoubtedly fanning the flames.

Matthew, of course, knew what Jessica was implying and looked at her with a smirk.

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Feeling uneasy under his gaze, Jessica stammered, “Matthew, why are you looking at me like that?”

Matthew softened his expression, smiling more tenderly.

“Jessica, during those dark days when I was lost, you wrote a song, “The Brightest Star, to encourage me. Besides the lyrics, you said two more. lines to cheer me up. Do you remember what they were?*

Jessica clenched her fist upon hearing this. Forcing a smile, she stuttered. “Matthew, it’s been so long, I’ve forgotten.”

hand to tuck

the next instant, and he forcefully grabbed

pale, filled with panic. “Matthew! I… I

hair tightly, anger seething in his

lyrics! I was just testing

Brightest Star’ wasn’t written by you, was it?

name wrong, calling it The Brightest Flower’ back

this earlier. How could Jessica get the name wrong, especially for such meaningful, encouraging

Star, was written and given to

Jessica’s hair tightened, the raging fury in his voice. nearly

Jessica. Her nose tingled with soreness, and tears welled up. “Matthew, please stop… I’m

within him, desperately seeking an outlet. “When

pulling her down

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to the ground!

despised Jessica for impersonating

he hated himself even

unkind to Ashley, even

over her brother’s descent into darkness, Ashley even wrote

ignored Ashley’s efforts, considering them

She offered to deliver Ashley’s lyrics to Matthew, only to brazenly claim them as

to find another way. Under the name

heart ached intensely, his

reflected on the countless injustices and abuses Ashley had suffered within the

also acknowledged his hypocrisy. He had shamelessly accepted. Ash’s help while mercilessly mistreating

earth do I owe Ashley?’ Matthew wondered.

was too vast ever fully to repay.

air like

violently kicked Jessica on the ground

to the parking lot

he saw Ashley and Bryce walking away.

by a wave of nervousness, similar to the feeling. of encountering a long-lost friend. He

himself stealthily trailing behind the two, like a thief

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was fixed unblinkingly on

casting a sacred air around her. Her skin, delicate as the first snow of winter,

eyelashes were long, and her eyes sparkled with tiny, scattered lights, like a

eyes burned, but he refused

time he realized that his