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.

then something caught

outside the house, by the fence. A little girl, no older than four. She was dressed in a

the breeze, her hair

walked across the grass, looking so small. She had these big, bright green eyes. She looked up at me as

and when she saw me

seen her before, not up close like this. She was

of smile that made my heart ache a

I didn't know why. Maybe it was because I was just

like the sound of wind chimes. "Some

She knew. She knew

didn't know what to

her in disbelief, my hands gripping

her voice so soft and filled with concern. "It's

words were so simple and so matter-of-fact, but it felt like a slap in the face. Not in a bad way, though. More like she was reminding me that I was still important and that I

as her words

she said it. But for the first time today, I felt a little