He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 1002

"I can just transfer schools! Kyle transferred here, didn't he?" Skye whined stubbornly.

"That was just temporary. He'll be moving back to Riverton with his dad soon," Helena corrected.

Kyle had only been brought here because of the instability within the Hayes family at the time.

It was never meant to be a permanent move.

She knew that much, at least.

The Hayes family's empire was rooted deeply in Riverton; they would never relocate entirely.

That piece of logic quieted Skye down for a moment.

"So, are you and Sebastian breaking up?" the little girl asked, staring at her.

Helena looked down and offered a soft hum of agreement.

"Why? Weren't you two doing fine?" Skye looked genuinely baffled.

A child's mind was delightfully simple, untainted by the toxic complexities of adult trauma.

There was absolutely no way Helena could explain the convoluted mess of her past to a six-year-old.

So she remained silent.

Skye didn't seem too bothered by the lack of an answer.

She happily continued her own train of thought.

"A while ago, I was reading stuff online, and people were saying I was actually your and Sebastian's biological kid," she suddenly blurted out.

Helena's face drained of color.

She hadn't expected the child to have actually read those venomous online comments.

Noticing the sudden tension, Skye quickly added, "Relax, Lena. I know they're just making it all up."

Before Helena could even process that, Skye continued cheerfully.

"If you and Sebastian were really my parents, there's no way you'd have just thrown me away, right?" the child said with pure, innocent confidence.

That absolute trust felt like a physical blow, tightening the knot of anxiety in Helena's chest.

She couldn't form a single word in response.

Because Skye was absolutely right.

Neither she nor Sebastian had chosen to keep her.

Even if their reasons felt justified at the time.

To a child, those excuses meant absolutely nothing.

The harsh truth was that they had abandoned her.

And Skye was an incredibly sensitive, perceptive girl.

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