Chapter 2015
“William, what’s the matter?” Jasper Reed’s child-like voice rang in William’s ears.
He came back to his senses and quickly looked at the person in front of him.
“Did you hear what I told you?” she asked.
“What?” he asked.
“My birthday is only a week away. You mustn’t forget to give me a present!” The little one asked for a present.
“A present?” He froze.
“No present?”
William instantly felt a pang of guilt when her beautiful almond-shaped eyes blinked, looking disappointed.
It was as if it would be a heinous crime if he did not give her a birthday present.
“What… What present do you want?” he asked in a stammer.
“You can only make it a surprise if I don’t know what you’re
sive it to me in
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She could not help smiling as she spoke.
He looked blankly at her smile. There was… no way he could give her a present in front of everyone because he could not even attend her birthday party.
However, his mouth could not help saying ‘okay’ because he did not want to see her smile turn into disappointment.
Jasper rolled up her small blanket in content and soon fell asleep beside him.
William was awake. With his clear eyes wide open, he looked at Jasper Reed’s sweet sleeping face.
How he wished he could go to her birthday party and give her the present in front of everyone as she wanted!
Her present… haunted William’s mind, but he had no idea what to give her.
He did not have any money. The Reed family provided him with all the food and necessary things. Even if he wanted to give her a paper crane as a present, the paper would come from the Reed family.
During his lunch break, he snuck out of the kindergarten without
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the guards noticing. He wanted to see what he could buy for Jasper on the streets.
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