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

A little girl, no older than four. She was dressed in a white

the breeze, her

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

to look, and when she

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

ache a little because it was so pure and

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. But here she was, waving at me like I was someone she was

high and sweet, like the sound of wind chimes.

She knew. She knew it was my

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

her in disbelief, my hands

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

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

blinked as her words sunk

respond, but something inside me shifted. Maybe it was her smile, or maybe it was just the way she said it.