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

the fence. A little girl, no older than four.

the breeze, her hair tied with a small

small. She had these big, bright green eyes. She looked up at

to look, and when she saw me

my chest. Who was she? I hadn't seen her before, not up close like this. She was so

made my heart ache a little because it was

me, and my breath caught. I felt a lump form in my throat, but I didn't know why. Maybe it was because I was just so used to being ignored

voice high and sweet, like the sound of wind chimes. "Some

a beat. She knew. She knew

couldn't answer her, though. I didn't know what to say. I just stood there,

in disbelief, my hands gripping the window

"Close your window, Kester, she said, her voice so soft and filled with concern. "It's

matter-of-fact, but it felt like a slap in the face. Not in a bad way, though. More like she was reminding me

as her words

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 wished me