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

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 answered.

her. A trace of surprise flashed in Darius' eyes. He glanced at Erin without anyone noticing, then put a hand behind his back before sliding

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 it wouldn’t make things between him and Darius too awkward. She buried this thought deep in her mind, but the look in her eyes betrayed

speaking with Edward, but he knew not to be greedy. He forced himself

a few steps when one of the flight attendants ran up to him and whispered something into his ear. Darius heard her clearly as an enlightened martial artist, but no one else did. She said,

to see this, so he didn't say anything. He merely sat down in his seat and looked at Kate. "We should all sit down, shouldn’t we? The

nodded. "Yes,

deeply. Darius glanced at her, making her nervous. She smiled and said, "Mr. Reid, I'm always like this when it’s almost time to land. Flying always

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