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.”

gently lifted his hand to tuck Jessica’s

next instant, and he forcefully grabbed Jessica’s

turned pale, filled with panic. “Matthew! I… I just forgot, and

hair tightly, anger seething

lyrics! I was just testing you, and you gave yourself away right there!

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

calling it

have realized this earlier. How could Jessica get the name wrong, especially

The Brightest Star, was written and given

tightened, the raging fury in his voice. nearly

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

an outlet.

hair, pulling her down forcefully, slamming

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to the ground!

for impersonating

hated himself even

unkind to Ashley, even venting his pain on her.

into darkness, Ashley even wrote the lyrics, hoping to

efforts, considering them too

for Jessica. She offered to deliver Ashley’s lyrics to Matthew, only

Under the name Ash, she secretly continued to

heart ached intensely,

reflected on the countless injustices and abuses Ashley had suffered within

hypocrisy. He had shamelessly accepted.

do I owe

too vast ever fully to repay.

pain, Matthew gasped for air like a fish. on the brink

a fit of rage, he violently kicked Jessica on the ground and staggered. off in the direction

rushed out to the parking lot

walked outside, he saw Ashley and Bryce

of encountering a long-lost friend. He yearned to run over to Ashley, yet he couldn’t

the two,

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was fixed unblinkingly on

a sacred air around her. Her skin, delicate as the first snow of winter, shimmered with a fragile, crystal-like

were long, and her eyes sparkled with tiny, scattered lights, like a galaxy spilling over, with all its stars captured

his eyes burned, but he refused to

he realized that