The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Chapter 299

Taken aback, Edward whipped his head around to look at Erin. He immediately understood when he saw the beads of sweat on her forehead and the goosebumps all over her arms. Lips pursed, he headed back to her side.

Time had never felt this slow to Erin before. Things already felt like they had been dragging on for a while, but Edward’s slow pacing made things worse for her. She glared daggers at him when he stopped to cast one last glance at the group of youngsters before finally running back to the car.

Erin’s gaze was equally as frosty as her voice by then. She was quick to bark at him, "Get in."

That was the first time Edward had seen the icy side of Erin. However, he knew why she was upset, so he kept quiet and obediently got into the driver's seat. Edward took longer than expected, not knowing how to respond to the group of youngsters that caused him so much trouble.

He could tell some of the teenagers in the group were genuinely sorry but had to stick up for Maurice since they were friends.

Edward had not interacted with other people for some time, so he did not know what to say except cast a deadpan stare at the group. He pondered how to react suitably while returning to the driver's seat.

As he reached for the door handle, he felt something shoving into his lower back. Given how tough and concave in the middle it was, Edward knew the item was not something harmless like a tree branch. He halted in his step but remained relaxed with both hands in his pockets.

"You know, sneaking up on me is dangerous," he lazily commented. While doing so, he fixated on the blond, who had snuck behind him.

He watched the entire thing unfold,

a long time.

heard a thump and no longer felt the gun's barrel driving into his lower back. He

his heel

are you doing here?" asked

teenage boy while replying to

not tell how Darius felt from the latter’s emotionless tone. Nevertheless, Edward heaved a sigh of relief, especially when he saw Darius' foot was on the blond boy’s

never thought he would see Edward being held at gunpoint by a young blond when he rushed over. Thus,

boy’s chest and heard a pained cry did Darius realize something was off. So, he lightly flipped the

youthful face and frowned. Moments of silence passed before

happen. Still, nobody reacted except for the blond on the ground, whose eyes turned red with rage. If Darius were an easily frightened person,

from the

with that attitude of yours," Darius blandly stated, "I can

sockets from how bitter he felt. Even so, he refrained from