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!

included the massive box that was filled with gold bars. She didn’t know what

turned to glance at

in hand, then walked up to his desk and slid

Doris narrow her eyes. She made Erin jump when

and said, “Miss Gray, Mr. Reid saved me from the clutches of someone evil. If not for him, I would be nothing but a corpse, forgotten and

believe Erin was telling the

flustered to see how much she still doubted him. He said, “At this point in time, the truth has nothing to do with you. You should think about going to college.” He grabbed the folder in front of him, tore it open,

I can come to work for you.” Darius didn’t say anything. Doris‘ voice was the only one that could be heard in

he heard that

could sense that something had changed in him when he said that name.

He once tried to make a move on me during a dinner party and

but Doris was far from that. Her hands trembled violently, and she dropped her phone. Before she knew it, her face was streaked with tears of

now, so there’s no need for

immediately stopped crying. She turned to look at him, her eyes filled with desperation and longing. “Mr. Reid, I’ll make sure to repay you with