The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

The Consortium’s Heir Chapter 168

“Those who snickered will be sent to prison, where they’ll pay for all their previous wrongdoings. As for those who didn’t snicker, I’ll let you off the hook by only taking your assets as punishment,” Darius

declared.

All six members opposite him paled drastically.

Their legs wobbled like jelly as they lost all their willpower. Desperate, they wanted to grovel at Darius’ feet and plead for his forgiveness, but they did not do so.

Their pride stood in the way. They clung to the hope that Darius had likely made many enemies. They felt one of those enemies would try to take Darius down. An example was Murray Hotel’s backer, Dream Investment Group, whom they figured could eventually get rid of Darius. Thus, they decided to wait for that to happen.

Little did they know how wrong they were.

Dream Investment Group would never do anything to Darius again as they knew they were no match for him. The company’s boss had also lost a competent bodyguard while trying to assassinate Darius. Although a new bodyguard was now in the picture, the company would have to postpone their attacks. until said bodyguard returned to their side.

The member who stood in front spat foul words at Darius, cursing without the slightest clue that his life was in the latter’s hands.

Darius raised his arm to look at his watch, then lowered it again. “It seems none of you bothered to investigate my background before standing here and yelling at me. If you had done a little research, you’d realize you have no authority to speak now.”

Then, in the blink of an eye, he trembled uncontrollably. He dared

word, the man noticed the incoming official and let out hysterical yells. “Darius, how dare you mess with me? Don’t you know doing so will put you in jail? You’ve already got the money and now, you’re attacking someone less wealthy like

illegally obtained wealth. Or, I could add a twist to what you’re accusing me of-|’|| beat you up and pay the police some money to avoid jail time. Alternatively, I can bribe the police into letting me beat

face became

“There’s no denying the feasibility of Darius’ words. Everything he says makes sense, which means the chances of my survival are zero to none. Moreover, my company

like a pair of invisible hands were suffocating him then. Even if it

and hoped he would eventually stop breathing. Thus he won’t

was clear that he would not

his wrist before grabbing

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expressed his gratitude with a firm voice. “I thank you greatly on behalf of every official. Without

kept a blank

but his faint smile seemed as though he was indeed responsible for the officials’ increased

I was only doing my job as a civilian.” Darius spoke humbly and

them money would bring

had planned this earlier but did not

flashing her an approving smile. After all, none of his plans would work if it were not for her. Plus, she was

great deal to Darius, who felt