Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother novel 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.

But then something caught my eye.

A tiny figure was standing just outside the house, by the fence. A little girl, no older than four. She was dressed in a white gown

that fluttered in the breeze, her hair tied with a small ribbon.

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

where to look, and when she saw me looking, she smiled.

I froze, my heart thumping in my chest. Who was she? I hadn’t seen her before, not up close like this. She was so little, so small.

The kind of smile that made my heart ache a little because it was so pure and so innocent.

I couldn’t answer her, though. I didn’t know what to say. I just stood there, staring at her in disbelief, my hands gripping the window frame.

She didn’t seem to 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 there, you’ll die.”

Her 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 was still worth something.