Save Myself from Desperation by Cara Agnes

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“Jeremy! How can you say that?” Bertha interrupted sternly, “Jessica is crying. She knows she was wrong!”

Jessica curled up in Bertha’s arms, crying pitifully, her voice soft and weak. “Mom, I do realize my mistake this time…

Jeremy was so angry that his vein throbbed. Jessica is just so good at playing the victim!’

Matthew looked around the living room. Besides Evan, Bertha, and Jessica, Charlie and Ryan were also here. Only Frankie was missing.

Where had Frankie gone?

Charlie looked at Jessica and frowned. He wanted to lecture her since he knew Jessica had stolen Ashley’s design draft.

But seeing Bertha so protective of Jessica, unwilling to let her face even a word of rebuke, Charlie hesitated and eventually chose to stay out of it.

Still looking rugged as ever, Ryan glanced at Jeremy and Matthew, inquiring, “You two finally decided to come home?”

At the mention of this, Evan slammed on the table in anger. “When was the last time you two even came home, huh?”

Jeremy took a deep breath, suppressing his rage and disgust towards his family. He got straight to the point. “Mom, Dad, if you both don’t like Ashley, then why did you bring her back to our family in the first place?”

Bertha was taken aback and frowned. Her words came out somewhat awkwardly. “Ashley is my daughter. What’s wrong with bringing her back to the Ramos family after finding her lost?”

Matthew stared at Bertha’s eyes. “Is it true?”

Bertha turned to Evan. “Evan, you tell them.”

Evan was silent for a moment, then nodded calmly

“Indeed, that’s the

case. Why are you suddenly asking this?”

Jeremy and Matthew exchanged a glance and didn’t believe it.

Bertha didn’t continue this topic. Glancing at the darkening sky outside and hearing the patter of rain, she asked worriedly. “It’s getting late, and

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it’s raining outside. Why hasn’t Frankie come back yet?”

Jessica replied softly, “After the design exchange dinner ended, Frankie rushed after Ashley. I haven’t seen him since then.”

for a moment, then looked at Charlie. “Charlie, could you call Frankie and

nodded and called

unanswered until

worry deepened. “What’s with Frankie? Why isn’t he answering

been ambitious, determined to grow the Ramos Group into a more significant enterprise at all costs. He wanted to make the

pinned his hopes on Attelia, who was Ashley, the sister he had always looked down upon.

urged, “Ryan, please

his phone and

the call went straight to voicemail.

welling up in her eyes.

was hit hard, but where could he be? He was not coming home

dropped Ashley off at Kingsley Villa, but he didn’t get out of the car. There we go, mission

“Just go if you’re

hands in surrender Alright, alright, no more talk. Ashley, say hi to Valentin

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around to see Valentin coming out from

the living room highlighted his figure from behind,

husband came out just for you. I guess that’s my cue to leave!” Joseph

Ashley was speechless.

a way with words..

Valentin standing on the steps in front of the living room, his legs long

approached, she heard his deep, casual voice. “Why haven’t you gotten the signature from Attelia

was speechless again.

knew she was Attelia when he asked

was messing around with her.

an eyebrow. “How many days do you owe me

her cheeks, Ashley huffed and climbed the stairs. “What’s

I’ll give you soon.”

the top step, Ashley suddenly tripped over something, her body tilting forward uncontrollably.

he

her forehead bumping

nose and

was muttering, Ashley’s gaze suddenly froze, her eyelashes

followed her gaze and saw a faint

shirt.

his eyebrow and humaned, realizing it was a lipstick mark

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hadn’t wiped off her lipstick, so

cheeks burned hot, and she didn’t even bother to rub her nose, hastily wiping it off. “Let me get that for

His Adam’s apple moved slightly as he chuckled flirtatiously, “Let’s consider it a signature from Attelia.”

Ashley was puzzled.