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

just outside the house, by the fence. A little

her hair tied

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

look, and when she saw me looking,

she? I hadn't seen her before, not up close like this. She

a little

waved at 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 and not being seen.

sweet, like the sound of wind

heart skipped a beat. She knew. She knew it was

though. I didn't know what to say. I just

her in disbelief, my hands gripping

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

in the face. Not in a bad way, though. More like she was reminding

her

it was her smile, or maybe it was just the way she said it. But for the first time today,