The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 296

Bridget had dropped Edward and Erin off someplace safe earlier. Once she left, the two found a coffee shop nearby, taking shelter until the dust settled with Darius and the Gillette Group.

They sat down, but before they could order any drinks, they heard some people whispering from the table next to theirs.

"Oh my god, why would anyone upload this kind of video online? Tsk! My eyes hurt from watching it..." a guy said while shaking his head at his phone.

The second person eagerly looked at the phone and exclaimed, "Maybe it's because the two people in that video are very famous! That guy's Darius Reid, the top dog at Kingston University. What's even more shocking is he used to be the poorest student there. It’s just that he somehow became rich overnight."

Upon hearing that, the first guy's jaw fell wide open.

"Woah," he replied, "I didn't know that. Well, what about the girl in the video? She looks pretty. Although, nothing about her seems remarkable. Is she a celebrity?"

"No, that young lady is from the Anderson family," explained the second person.

The first person then examined the video in detail, commenting, "I don't think there's anything wrong with the video."

long ago that Darius Reid

Erin’s head; she knew there would be many negative implications if this information spread to others, so

need to see this video

her grim expression, the guys knew they had discovered something huge. One of them stood, leaned closer to

you and Darius also

muscle in Erin's face tensed for a split second. She eventually glared daggers at the young man, startling him so much that he fell

her body in the other direction. A blank look coated his face as he turned to look at

is that your guess is wrong. Secondly, we're both employees under Darius, and we'll continue to serve him for

raising it before crushing it in his palm with ease. As both men fell gravely silent, he retracted his hand and fixated

themselves to avoid meeting Edward's nightmarish stare. That garnered a satisfied nod from

smirked, then left to pay for the coffee that he and

was a silent Erin, who had not spoken to him

worry. A car will

to get there that she could not think about anything else and only stood on the spot. Nevertheless, Edward kept to his word. Five minutes after he nodded at

the car before she could even touch the door handle. The driver then raised an arm, tossing something from his palm