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.

could detect something was wrong from such a slight detail. Utter respect and admiration oozed from the

stoically continued, '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, he had no clue what he

was dense as a brick. He sat down on a nearby chair before speaking

of her motivations, you seemed to

features contorted, revealing a

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

nodded, feeling somewhat accepting of this answer. He reached out

could have left at that point. However, he did not move, despite

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

also found the situation odd due to his grandfather and Bruce's

it's obvious that Edward isn’t such a person. He

Darius' scrutinous gaze. Regardless, he dared not say a word because of the latter's identity. He stood stiffly with his hands

for a long

his muscles. He could not help raising his chin but kept his gaze downcast as he was

me nervous, and I'll lose the most basic ability of

not think Darius would

Edward's surprise. Then, he voiced the question in his