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.

from such a slight detail. Utter respect and admiration oozed from the

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

while his brain went blank. In truth, he

He sat down on

of her motivations, you seemed

features contorted, revealing a

memory because she and her daughter are from my past. According to my parent's wishes when they were alive, I was supposed to marry and have kids with that woman's daughter. But that's not what I

accepting of this answer.

However, he did

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

Edward, 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

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

because of the latter's

on for a long

muscles. He could not help raising his chin but kept his gaze

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

did not think

you wish," Darius said while nodding, much to Edward's surprise. Then, he voiced the question in his