The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 171

Darius heard the woman’s breathing speed up even more, showing her nervousness. He looked pleased with himself, and he stood up straighter. “I’m also guessing that she’s quite pretty and has blond hair. She’s probably also wearing a white lace mask.”

The woman heard this. She wondered how he could tell what her hair was like from this angle and whether she’d accidentally left a strand behind. She was so focused on this train of thought that she didn’t register what he’d said about the mask.

By the time she did, it was too late. The curtains before her were suddenly drawn, and her mind went blank.

It was good that Darius had prepared for this situation–the woman let go of the window and started falling from the twenty–eighth floor.

Fortunately for her, Darius caught her and dragged her back up into the office. The sudden rippling of his muscles made his brand–new shirt tear open.

When the woman fell to the floor, her chest pressed against his bare arm, and her top was extremely low- cut. She learned this trick through her experience as a thief–if she were to get caught, she could pretend to be someone’s lover and buy herself some time to escape. It had worked like magic in the past.

However, she never expected to actually have physical contact with anyone. She was quick on her feet and learned how to run away as quickly as possible. This was why it had never occurred to her that something like this could happen. Now, she felt both angry and sad.

give them a tight slap in return. Unfortunately, this wasn’t something she could

was no way she could treat her savior like that.

say. When he saw how dazed she

face because he was

first. You took the plaque

know how Darius knew about this. Her fear grew, and she remained silent. Until now, she still couldn’t understand how

the true reason. Her teacher was from a mysterious land, and she refused to believe that there was anyone better than her in terms of noticing and controlling one’s breathing and

saw that she remained unmoving, he reached a hand toward her

him by curling up in a corner, but to no avail He took the golden plaque out of her pocket and looked down at

the same time, Erin held her phone up

pretend to be involved with the men around to buy yourself time to escape. After finding out what you

no longer looking terrified. She said, “You’re right, and you’re also very smart. In fact, you guys are the smartest people I’ve ever stolen from. It’s too bad that

you’re still standing here before me shows that your curiosity got the

refute him. She looked at him and said tentatively, “Since you already know everything and have evidence of me being behind this, you should get someone to escort me out of here. At least,