The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 199

By the time Darius located Erin, the woman had vanished. All that remained was the faint smell of blood in the air

Erin did not feel he had to hide anything from Darius.

"I broke her wrist and got her to admit why she did all that." While saying that, She looked at Darius, waiting for his response.

Darius signed.

Erin reached out to look at his watch. "If we had found out about this 30 minutes later than we did now, we'd already be on the plane, facing a grave threat."

Darius and the two bodyguards shared confused looks before they asked," What exactly happened?"

Neither of the three could imagine the severity of what was happening.

After pondering for a while, she decided to reveal the truth. "At first, I didn't think things were that serious, so I planned to give anyone involved with the earlier incident a warning. You know-give them a taste of pain.

However, along the way, I caught a whiff of a peculiar odor that only belonged to aircraft paint. Those guys were here as flight passengers, which meant they shouldn't have touched the plane. So, I got suspicious."

The three's jaws hung wide open upon hearing that.

such a slight detail. Utter respect and admiration oozed

'That's why I interrogated that middle-aged woman in the shortest time possible. Her answer proved that

the ground, his muscles stiffening while his brain went blank. In truth, he had no clue

sat down on a nearby chair before speaking frostily to

for you. Regardless of her motivations, you seemed to be the weak

revealing a

was supposed to marry and have kids with that woman's daughter. But that's not what I wanted. Plus, her daughter was reluctant when I tried to fulfill my promise to marry her. That's why I decided to go with Bruce after meeting him. I even told the woman and her daughter that I'd have nothing to do with them once I left with Bruce. Her daughter was quite pleased back then,

of this answer.

that point. However, he

want to fire me, but I'm sorry. That will

determining if the latter was trustworthy. He also found the situation odd due to his grandfather and Bruce's recent behavior. After all, he knew the two were highly cautious and would only pick the best bodyguards to be

isn’t such a person. He can't even guarantee my safety," Darius

say a word because of

on for a long

eventually felt an ache throughout his muscles. He could not help raising his chin but kept his gaze downcast as

anything. The current situation makes me nervous, and I'll lose the most basic ability of a

not think Darius

said while nodding, much to Edward's surprise. Then, he voiced the