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

time possible. Her answer proved that my suspicions were correct. That's what happened." Darius then looked

remained rooted to the ground, his muscles stiffening while his brain went blank. In truth,

that Edward was dense as a brick. He sat down

Regardless of her motivations, you seemed to be the weak point she kept

contorted, revealing

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 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

accepting of this answer. He reached out and waved

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

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

to his grandfather and Bruce's recent behavior. After all, he knew the two were highly cautious and would only pick the best bodyguards

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

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

went on for a

help raising his chin but kept his gaze downcast as he was unable,

Reid, you can ask me anything. The current situation makes me nervous, and I'll lose the most basic ability of

not think Darius

Edward's surprise. Then, he voiced