Chapter 227

The bedroom door shook with a thunderous crash.

As soon as Adrian saw his father return, he tried to break free from his mother's grip to run over. Mila instinctively tightened her hold, her voice almost a whisper, pleading.

"Adrian, don't go."

Adrian, angry at what he perceived as deceit, jerked away forcefully and ran to his father, tears streaming down his face, clutching his leg as he wailed.

"Dad, Mom lied to me!"

Lysander glanced at the pale-faced woman crouched by the wide-open window, then looked down with a gentle smile, softly ruffling his son's hair.

"Oh, really?"

"Well, let me ask your mom what she lied about, okay?"

His gaze briefly flickered to Leonard, who stepped forward and gently picked up the child, carrying him out of the room.

carried away, he caught the faint sound of sobbing. It seemed to echo

his struggles

filled with a despair he couldn't understand, a complexity that tugged at

"Mom..."

softly, wanting to go

Leonard held him tight, ignoring his struggles, and stepped out of the room, gently

in his eyes. His voice was choked and bewildered as he

"Mom... Mom's crying."

head close, cradling his face against his neck, shielding his

"Don't look, it's okay."

window, watching as Lysander drew

she was thinking-maybe nothing

bothering with the makeshift rope she had tied.

a forceful yank. Her back hit the wall with a thud, and before she could cry out in pain,

caught,

hand was snatched away, and Lysander casually

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