The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

"Therefore, can you pretend nothing happened on this plane and continue doing what you're supposed to?1'

The captain nodded without hesitation. He held a trembling hand out and said, "There's no way I'll turn down your request. May I shake your hand?"

Edward shrugged and nodded. He relaxed a little and said, "If you're willing, I can take a photo with you."

The captain's face glowed with excitement. His lips were trembling so badly that he couldn't say a word, and he'd even teared up. He shuffled over to Edward, then pulled out his phone with trembling hands and snapped a blurry photo.

Darius saw that there was no way to tell who was in the photo, so he smiled helplessly and took the phone from the captain. Then, he aimed the camera at them and said, "Let's take another photo. The other one was blurred."

Bridget walked over to Erin's side, his hands behind his back as she gaped at the scene before them. It felt so surreal. When Erin heard how uneven her breathing was, she knew Bridget was shocked. She turned to look at

no need to be surprised. Mr. Reid must have his reasons for doing this. All we have to do is wait, and our questions will eventually be

noticing, then put a hand behind his back before sliding the phone back into the captain's pocket.

this. After all, she wanted her staff to treat Darius as well as she did. Though the captain hadn't been nice to Darius, he practically worshipped Edward, which was good enough. At least

to be greedy. He forced himself to turn around and walk

steps when one of the flight attendants ran up to him and whispered something into his

so he didn't say anything. He merely sat down

nodded. "Yes, you’re right." Then, she sat

her, making her nervous. She smiled and said, "Mr. Reid, I'm always like this

lightly, "I thought you’d be tired because of everything that’s happened. In fact, you