A Cue For Love

A Cue for Love Chapter 770

The Orphan

The two older children fled in fright when they saw Natalie coming out to stop them.

Natalie squatted beside the little mute girl instead of going after the two children. “Are you all right, child?”

The little girl slowly lowered her hands as her eyes were focused warily on Natalie.

Though her face looked a little gray from being covered in grime, her jet-black eyes were as startlingly clear as obsidian. Natalie could not help but notice that her cheekbones were unusually prominent for her age.

She’s going to be a beauty when she grows up. Look at me being jealous of a five-year-old little girl! She must have been picked on because of her inability to speak, and because she’s so pretty.

Natalie wanted to check if the little girl was hard of hearing. “Can you hear me?”

After a few seconds, the little girl nodded.

Natalie felt sorry that the little girl had to put on such stubborn defiance in fending for herself. Her mother would feel awful if she knew that her daughter was being bullied by the older children here.

Unable to simply abandon the child, she held out her hand. “Your face is a little dusty. Can I take you to the washroom?”

for a second before taking

sensation of the soft little hand inside her own, Natalie gave it a reassuring little

soap while she dabbed her face with a moistened piece of

carried out with great

but the piercing pair of black eyes never left her. Natalie’s maternal instinct reminded the

start of surprise as she wiped

“All done!”

you,” the little

shock. “Why do they say you are

girl said softly. “They would pick on me even if I did. Ever since Mommy left, no one would protect

heart wrenched painfully

a brave little girl. Though she looks to be around Sophie’s age, her precocious and stubborn nature makes her seem much older. She did not even shed a single tear

Natalie asked in spite of

lowered her head. “The only way I can only protect myself is to grow up

petite cheeks and smiled. “You are already

so. I promised Mommy that I’ll be brave. She’s turned into a star in the sky, you know. She visits me sometimes when it’s a clear

Natalie understood at once.

She’s not abandoned, after all. Her mother has