Olivia's POV:
I quickly pulled my hand away from Mark's as I heard his confession.
What did he mean by that—he liked me, and that's why he had avoided me? Who would believe that? Although I knew he had only stood up for me three days ago.
Now that I thought about it: Mark had always kept his distance from me. He never spoke to me, asked me anything, or even acknowledged I was his sister.
He had doted on Emily; until recently their sibling relationship had drifted apart because he stood up for me.
I watched him defend Emily, buy her a present every birthday, while he ignored me. Though I didn't know my exact age, I accepted October 17 as my birthday—the day my foster mother adopted me. But Mark never gave me gifts.
Now he was confessing he liked me. What did he take me for? A fool? I
