Then, after speaking those words, Mason fled, his small body bursting with hopelessness and despair.

Lyon watched him run away, his face expressionless and cold.

Sebastian, frightened to his very core, stepped forward rapidly. "Mr. Lyon… your son is young. You need to coax him. Being stern with him will only make him hate you."

Lyon's cold gaze fell upon Sebastian, causing him to go pale. He quickly concealed his face, damning himself silently for speaking out of turn.

"How do you suggest I coax him?" Lyon asked.

Sebastian's eyes were wide with amazement as he looked up at Lyon. Had he just heard that right? Lyon was asking for...