The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 1

was at one of his part time jobs that he met Sarah Ginn, one of the campus beauties. He was instantly smitten when he saw her, and started courting her, disregarding his initial goal of making it big before being in a relationship. He had courted her for 6 months before she finally agreed to be in a relationship with him. She made a condition of never making their relationship open, and made him swear to keep it private. She convinced him to do so because she wanted to keep their relationship away from prying eyes. However, their relationship hadn’t even lasted a month before this situation happened. Darius was skeptical at first when he heard the name Sarah Ginn, but waved it off. Even if the richest guy on campus proposed to her, he believed that Sarah would turn him down. After all, their relationship was not based on material wealth but on true love. However, he still brought out his phone and logged in to his account on Groove. He wanted to see for himself how the proposal would turn out. The stream started playing and the video came on. It showed a very luxurious background, with Sarah and Charles dining there. Darius checked the comments in the

even given his first choice of study, Business Management. As he was the one sponsoring his self, he had little time for himself and always worked numerous part time jobs to make ends meet. It was at one of his part time jobs that he met Sarah Ginn, one of the campus beauties. He was instantly smitten when he saw her, and started courting her, disregarding his initial goal of making it big before being in a relationship. He had courted her for 6 months before she finally agreed to be in a relationship with him. She made a condition of never making their relationship open, and made him swear to keep it private. She convinced him to do so because she wanted to keep their relationship away from prying eyes. However, their relationship hadn’t even lasted a month before this situation happened. Darius was skeptical at first when he heard the name Sarah Ginn, but waved it off. Even if the richest guy on campus proposed to her, he believed that Sarah would turn him down. After all, their relationship was not based on material wealth but on true love. However, he still brought out his phone and logged in to his account on Groove. He wanted to see for himself how the proposal would turn out. The stream started playing and the video came on. It showed a very luxurious background, with Sarah and Charles dining there. Darius checked the comments in the live stream and was shocked at what he saw. “Woahhh. Isn’t that the Sky Golden  Hotel? The only 7-star hotel in the whole of Mayflower district?” “Yes it is. I heard that a single meal cost at least $10,000 there.” “Wow. So expensive. Sarah must be lucky huh. Do you think she’ll reject the proposal?” “What? Of course not. Or else where would she find another guy as rich and handsome as David in this campus?” “You’re right. She’ll definitely accept the proposal.” As Darius went through the comments on the stream, his heart started beating fast. He never knew that such an expensive place existed! How could a single meal cost at least $10,000? That was completely ridiculous. In all his years of part-time work he had never made up to $1,000 talk less of ten times the amount. Darius felt his trust in Sarah beginning to waver after reading those comments. He had taken Sarah out for meals on several occasions, and he had never spent up to $50 on a single meal. Although she never complained, Darius felt that compared to what she was receiving now, he was nothing worth mentioning. The stream went on for a few more hours, and it included the scenes where two of them ate luxurious foods, drank luxurious drinks and even talked about trivial things together. Finally, the moment they were all waiting for arrived, and David asked Sarah to be his girlfriend. Everyone, including Darius felt their hearts stopping. From the stream that he had been