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.

was wrong from such a slight detail. Utter respect and admiration oozed from the way they looked

'That's why I interrogated that middle-aged woman in the shortest time possible. Her answer proved that my suspicions were correct. That's what happened." Darius then looked at

muscles stiffening while his brain went blank. In truth,

brick. He sat down on a nearby chair before speaking frostily to the

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

revealing

Mr. Reid. You're right. I should've come clean about the matter with you. This is where Bridget and I differ—I didn't grow up under Reid Consortium's care. I joined when I was 21 years old. Thus, my memories of my parents and childhood environment run deep. That woman exists in my 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 wanted. Plus, her daughter was reluctant when

answer. He reached out and waved

However, he did not

I'm sorry. That will only happen after we return from Almiron

situation odd due to his grandfather and Bruce's recent behavior. After all, he knew the

Edward isn’t such a person. He can't even

because of the latter's identity. He stood stiffly with his hands behind his

for a long

raising his chin but kept his gaze

makes me nervous, and I'll lose the most basic

think Darius

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