Save Myself from Desperation

Chapter 44 Jeremy stood up abruptly, appearing as shocked as if he had just bumped into a ghost. He looked aside at Jessica in disbelief.

Jessica was desperately trying to press the remote control, attempting to turn off the video. But no matter how hard she pressed, it had no effect.

The video continued playing on the screen smoothly.

“No way! | don’t want to die for Jeremy! If you want to kill someone, just kill him! Please spare me!” Jessica cried out loud in despair, maliciously pushing Ashley forward.

“Take her! She’s willing to die for Jeremy! Just kill Ashley. She can die for him!”

The gangster looked at Ashley and laughed maliciously. “How funny. You were just comforting Jessica, and now she’s throwing you under the bus, haha!”

Ashley remained silent, offering no response.

The gangster turned his gaze toward Ashley, pointing at the unconscious Jeremy on the ground. “Now, tell me, are you willing to die for this loser?”

At this moment, Jeremy clenched his fists nervously. ‘How would she answer?’ he thought, ‘How would she treat her own brother?”

The next second, Jeremy saw Ashley gazing down. In such a chaotic and dangerous environment, her beautiful eyes were still glittering like stars, tenacious and dazzling. However, Jessica had already! cried her eyes out, looking embarrassed and desperate.

Ashley looked at the gangster and answered with a clear and resolute voice, “I’m willing. But you have to keep your word and let them go.”

At the drop of those words, Jeremy's mind instantly went blank, and he even forgot how to breathe. He couldn't believe that Ashley was actually willing to die for him.

After Ashley was brought back to the Ramos family, Jeremy had always despised her. Instead of showering her with kindness and love, all he had ever done to her was scolding and beating.

However, at that moment of life and death, Ashley was actually willing to die for such a horrible brother like him.

And Jessica, whom Jeremy had always cherished like a blood sister, abandoned him without any hesitation, showing no concern for his safety.

‘How could this be.. Jeremy murmured to himself.

His mind suddenly became chaotic, all in disorder. He staggered a few steps backward and only managed to steady himself by grabbing onto a nearby table.

The people around were all stunned into silence. They hadn’t expected that the person willing to sacrifice herself for Jeremy would not be Jessica but Ashley, the one who had been discarded and despised by the Ramos family.

“Why is the truth completely different from what we heard?‘ Everyone wondered, ‘Could it be that Jessica has been lying to Jeremy all the time?*

These people, though brought here by Jessica, found it impossible to defend her in this unexpected situation. They all exchanged glances in confusion and eventually shifted their focus to Jessica.

Those peculiar gazes made Jessica feel very uneasy and anxious. She felt like she had fallen into an

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icy abyss that froze every drop of her blood. Her lips trembled as she desperately tried to explain, “It’s not like that, Jeremy. It’s not like that...”

Meanwhile, on the huge screen, the video continued to play, leaving her no room to quibble.

The assailant kicked Jeremy, who was still in a coma, then left the room grumpily.

In the room, only Ashley, Jessica, and the unconscious Jeremy remained.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Jessica couldn’t stop crying. “Ashley, I-I was just too scared. | didn’t mean to sacrifice you. | really didn't...” Without a word, Ashley looked at Jessica calmly as if she had seen through something.

Jessica sobbed. “Ashley, please believe me. If this thug lets me go, I'll make sure Mom and Dad come to rescue you and Jeremy!”

Ashley still didn’t say anything. She painstakingly moved the chair bit by bit, shifting it next to Jessica, quietly helping her untie the bindings.

“Ashley, you...” “Hush.” Ashley glanced at Jessica with indifference. “I'll untie you first, then you can untie me.” The ropes were tightly bound, but Ashley, familiar with this type of binding, quickly untied Jessica.

“Now, untie me.” Ashley cast a glance at Jessica’s freed hands and calmly directed her step by step. “Go around to the left, and then...”

Just then, a loud bang resonated outside.

The entire house was affected by the fierce shock outside and quaked for a moment.

Flames could be seen

through the glass, and it seemed that an explosion had occurred.

The door, which the gangster had locked when leaving, was blasted open by the tremendous force of the explosion. Staring at the open door and the terrifying flames outside, Jessica froze for two seconds before sprinting out. Jessical

Ashley frowned, urgently calling her.

However, Jessica had already escaped.

Ashley was still tied to the chair. She looked anxiously toward the direction of the door, but Jessical did not return. Witnessing this scene, Jeremy’s anger surged, and he slammed his fist onto the table with a loud. thud.

The onlookers were astonished.

“| can’t believe it. Did Jessica...run away alone?”

“Damn, how could she do this? Ashley finally helped her untie the ropes. But seeing the door blown open, Jessica escaped without hesitation, not even caring about Jeremy!”

“At least she should have untied Ashley first, right? If it weren’t for Ashley untying her, how could she have had a chance to escape?”

“That’s what I’m saying! Damn, I’m really disgusted!”

Jeremy, with a gaze filled with fury and disappointment, stared at Jessica beside him.

Jessica’s heart skipped a beat. She was anxious and scared, and her tears couldn't stop falling. “Jeremy.

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it's not like that. | didn’t escape...”

Jeremy gritted his teeth, pointing to the screen angrily. “How dare you lie to my face? Just take a look at what you did!”

Jessica bit her lip tightly, her face turning pale. She held the remote control in her hand as if it were a lifeline, desperately trying to turn off the video on the big screen.

‘Stop playing it!’ She thought, ‘Please! Please turn it off now!”

However, it seemed like the video on the big screen was under some kind of hacker's control and couldn't be turned off. Jessica’s heart instantly sank to the bottom of a pit.

Meanwhile, in the video, Jessica had selfishly escaped.

Ashley glanced at the unconscious Jeremy on the floor, took a deep breath, and tried to calm herself. Her bound hands struggled awkwardly as she tried to untie the ropes by herself.

But the ropes were tied too tightly. It was inconvenient for Ashley to untie them on her own. It took nearly three minutes before she finally managed to free herself.

During these three minutes, Jessica, who had escaped, did not return once. With the ropes undone, Ashley regained her freedom. Seeing this, Jeremy breathed a sigh of relief. ‘Great, Ashley finally untied the ropes. Now she could escape!"

But at the same time, Jeremy couldn’t help but feel nervous, wondering if Ashley would escape alone or together with him, who was still in a coma back then.