The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 174

Darius smirked a little at the look on her face. This was what he wanted to see.

Doris had never seen so much money in her life, not even in the vault of the man who claimed to be the richest in the world. She’d even felt pleased with herself and wondered what had happened to the money.

Now, she knew. The man who stood before her was the one who was truly rich! If she could take the money with her, there was no telling how many mouths she could feed.

She smiled at this thought. It was nonsensical, of course.

At this moment, Darius said something that made Doris feel like she was dreaming. “I had this money prepared with the intention of helping the poor. If you can graduate from college, you’ll be fully in charge of it.”

Doris felt like she’d suddenly been transported to a different world altogether. There was no way a normal person would give a thief that much money–especially someone as rich as Darius. Then again, she’d heard that these rich people tended to have odd fetishes– maybe this was his.

Now, she felt like she’d stumbled upon the truth. This was probably a new trick that

Darius had devised to lure her into his trap. Perhaps there was a catch somewhere, waiting to sentence her to a worse fate!

open, and everyone could see what was happening inside. This included the massive box that was filled with gold

glance at her. “Come

hand, then walked up to his desk and slid the

made Erin jump when she suddenly said, “You’re gorgeous. Why are you working for

me from the clutches of someone evil. If not for him, I would

believe Erin was telling the truth,

this point in time, the truth has nothing to do with you. You should think about

turned to Darius, saying, “I’ll make sure to complete my studies as soon as possible so that I can come to work for you.” Darius didn’t say anything. Doris‘ voice was the only one that could be heard in the car. “I believe you now, so I’ll tell you everything I know. Someone by

that name. He

didn’t know what had happened between them, but she could sense that something had changed in him when he

during a dinner party and even threatened me. He also tried to make us lose some business deals. Of course, he stopped pulling these tricks once

with tears of regret. “I’m sorry. I really didn’t know about these things. I know words mean nothing, but aside from apologizing, there’s nothing else I can do for you

need for you to act

crying. She turned to look at him, her eyes filled with desperation and longing. “Mr. Reid, I’ll