Chapter 535

“Sir, I’ll share my candy with you. Will you let us go then?” Elowen’s big eyes were brimming with tears, making her look irresistibly adorable..

The two bodyguards didn’t want to be the bad guys in front of a four-year-old, but without Lysander’s orders, they wouldn’t dare to act independently.

Their faces remained professionally expressionless, like two sturdy oak trees blocking the doorway, denying any exit.

Inside the room, Atticus heard Dorian calling for their mother and assumed she had arrived.

He flung open the door, stepping out with anticipation and excitement. Instead of finding their mother, he saw his siblings being stopped by the bodyguards.

Atticus was smart. He quickly understood what was going on.

He strode over to Lysander. His youthful face was serious. He began to negotiate, “What do you want in exchange for letting us see our mother?”

Did that little guy dare to use the same tactics against him that he used to appease them?

Was he being outmaneuvered by a child?

boy was just too much like him.

deep-set eyes, raising an eyebrow, “What can a four-year-old possibly offer? Only the powerful can negotiate. Do you understand? It’s like when you want a tablet, I can give

puffed up his chest. His young eyes were cold but determined as he met Lysander’s gaze, “I don’t want your tablet. Will you give us back our mother?”

was slightly

a bargaining chip for him?

boy trying to

then, the corner of his mouth twitched into a smile, “Whether you get to see your mother depends

asked eagerly,

on the table,

table, Atticus

knew they had to eat well

as he took in their chubby, baby faces. Seeing them all eating heartily brought a small smile to his

a father wasn’t as difficult as he thought. As long as he used the right methods, he

time, Lysander felt a sense of achievement.

accomplishment was different from the thrill of making

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