The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 180

Pearl opened the door, still caught up in her thoughts. When she saw the woman standing there, her eyes widened in shock.

It was Elle, and she was holding a tray. She was a little unhappy to see the beautiful and attractive Pearl, but she soon shook it off. She knew her place, Darius would always be out of her league and more like someone for her to worship.

Elle smiled calmly and said, “I’m sorry, I wasn’t aware there was someone else here. I’ll prepare another set for you.”

Pearl was angry when she first saw Elle. After all, it wasn’t appropriate for a woman to knock on a man’s door in the middle of the night. However, she didn’t expect Elle only to be here to deliver food. She felt a trace of regret at her thoughts.

She quickly held up a hand to stop Elle from leaving. “I’m just here to take care of Darius, so there’s no need to prepare anything for me.”

Elle looked surprised. However, she quickly regained her composure and passed the tray to Pearl. “I’ll have to trouble you with this, then. I’ll take my leave now.”

Pearl watched her leave before heading back to the study.

Darius‘ senses were extra sensitive now that his martial arts skills had been awakened, and he could already smell the food when Elle showed up. He looked at his books, then said, “You can leave that in a corner for now. I’ll be done in two hours.”

Pearl’s eyes widened. “What? You’re almost done already?”

hurried over to

sight, and he turned to look at it, then smirked. “Don’t you think you’re

together. She quickly backed away while covering her chest. She was about

and he told her to leave

expected he would actually turn out to be the

If she had noticed him earlier, perhaps things would be different now. She was caught up in this train of thought when it suddenly occurred to her that it

wasn’t someone that anyone could meet. If one wanted to meet Elle, one had to be among the ultra–rich of

her before. Moreover, she’d seen the hostility in Elle’s eyes

and probably included in a list of

attract the attention of such a woman, there was no imagining how powerful his family

running wild, Darius spoke up. “I can eat

already started to move. She only

look, seemingly not understanding her surprise. “What’s wrong with

at his words. “Yeah, I’m shocked.

the classes they liked, so many didn’t

things after becoming wealthy, and he understood that it was only normal. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to find the right people to run his companies for

he’d already finished his dissertation, so she didn’t catch the look on his face.