Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 284

Chapter 284

That would have been a great place to be on my birthday since I'd be taking over my father's tech company when I grew up. It sounded like the best place ever

But here I was, all alone with no one to wish me a happy birthday.

The sun was beginning to dip below the horizon, turning the sky a seft, golden pink, yet Mum and Dad weren't home.

I sighed again, the same heavy sigh that I had been sighing all afternoon.

A cold shiver ran through me as I moved closer to the window, pushed by a force I couldn't see. My leg lifted, just hovering over the sill. The wind picked up, and my long, shoulder-length hair whipped cross my face.

I made up my mind.

I'll jump.

The possible results I thought of getting from the fall made me happy to take the risk.

something

just outside the house, by the fence. A little girl, no

the breeze, her hair tied

so small. She had these big, bright green eyes.

when she saw

I hadn't seen her before, not up close like this. She was so

ache a little because it was so

throat, but I didn't know why. Maybe it was because I was just so used to being ignored and not being seen. But here she was, waving at me like

birthday, Kester!" she called out, her voice high and sweet, like the sound of

skipped a beat. She knew.

answer her, though. I didn't know

disbelief, my hands gripping the window

mind. She smiled again and pointed at the window. "Close your window, Kester, she said, her voice so soft and filled with concern. "It's going to rain soon. If you fall down from

were so simple and so matter-of-fact, but it felt like a slap in the face. Not in a bad way,

her words sunk

inside me shifted. Maybe it was her smile, or maybe it was just the way she said it. But for the first time today, I felt a little spark of warmth in my chest. Someone cared. Someone