The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Edward stayed rooted to the ground wordlessly as he did nothing wrong. He believed Darius was a justice person who would never let him suffer for anything he did not do.

Everyone on board had conflicted thoughts, but none spoke except for Shelvin.

He squawked with a pitchy tone, "Of course, Edward didn't agree. However, he was very young and not a professional bodyguard at the time, so he had no idea that we put a tracking device on him once he entered the room. From that, we managed to track Darius’ every action accurately. The person then got Edward's ex-fiance's mother to start trouble at the airport, delaying things so we could tamper with the plane and ensure Darius died aboard. Alas, things turned out to be different from what we expected-we never expected Elizabeth to get involved. She somehow got on this plane too. We never planned to kill her."

Darius' lips curled up into a cold smile.

Shelvin knew Darius believed him when he saw the latter smirking. He calmly continued, "So when I boarded this plane, I received orders from the person behind everything, my employer, to end Elizabeth's life whenever I see fit. Thus, I picked out the best timing to execute those orders."

He then stretched all his fingers apart and rolled his sore shoulders back before concluding, ‘That's all I have to say regarding my part in this story."

Annoyance flickered in Darius' eyes. He glowered at Shelvin, balling his fists while raising them.

Shelvin’s arms instinctively shot up toward his neck because he could not breathe. With every

go now. I didn't wrong you in any way. Besides, I did everything you asked by telling the truth. I'm pretty sure I didn't leave out any details. You can tell me if I’ve done anything wrong, and I'll correct it. There's no need

onto Darius as he uttered those

it was difficult for him to understand every word clearly. Nevertheless, he had a

sincere look on Shelvin’s face, Darius knew the former was telling the truth. He loosened his fists slightly, but not entirely. Still, that alone was enough to give

mouth wide, greedily sucking in every bit of air he could. He then looked at Darius, hoarsely stating, "I don't know what I did wrong, but I hope you can tell me straightforwardly so I can amend my mistakes and make up for all the trouble I've

hesitate to send you down

fear and nodded. "Mr. Reid, what information do you want in exchange for sparing

arms, shut his eyes, then leaned back into his seat

you at the private corner where I dealt with that older woman? Based on your abilities,

hearing that, Shelvin slapped