Chapter 112. Part 2 Episode 14

It was the weekend, but the Kinsley mansion didn’t feel lively like it usually did. The laughter that often filled the vast halls seemed absent. The warmth that once surrounded the family table had grown cold.

Zaylien, after having breakfast, had gone straight up to his room and didn’t come down for lunch. Now it was already dinner time, yet there was still no sign of him.

Lucien sat in the sitting room, his hands folded together, his eyes fixed toward the staircase. Every minute, his gaze drifted upward, hoping to see his son descend. He wanted to see him eat, laugh, or at least say something. But Zaylien never came down.

Lucien’s chest tightened with every hour that passed. He had always been sensitive to Zaylien’s moods, and this distant behavior had been eating him alive for days. Tonight, he could not take it anymore. His son was growing colder, shutting them out. Something had to be done.

At that instant, Lucien made up his mind. It was time to reveal t