The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 217

Edward stayed rooted to the ground wordlessly as he did nothing wrong. He believed Darius was a justice person who would never let him suffer for anything he did not do.

Everyone on board had conflicted thoughts, but none spoke except for Shelvin.

He squawked with a pitchy tone, "Of course, Edward didn't agree. However, he was very young and not a professional bodyguard at the time, so he had no idea that we put a tracking device on him once he entered the room. From that, we managed to track Darius’ every action accurately. The person then got Edward's ex-fiance’s mother to start trouble at the airport, delaying things so we could tamper with the plane and ensure Darius died aboard. Alas, things turned out to be different from what we expected-we never expected Elizabeth to get involved. She somehow got on this plane too. We never planned to kill her."

Darius’ lips curled up into a cold smile.

Shelvin knew Darius believed him when he saw the latter smirking. He calmly continued, "So when I boarded this plane, I received orders from the person behind everything, my employer, to end Elizabeth's life whenever I see fit. Thus, I picked out the best timing to execute those orders."

He then stretched all his fingers apart and rolled his sore shoulders back before concluding, ‘That's all I have to say regarding my part in this story."

eyes. He glowered at Shelvin,

that, Shelvin's arms instinctively shot up toward his neck because he could not breathe. With every second, the invisible force constricting his neck tightened. He

let me go now. I didn't wrong you in any way. Besides, I did everything you asked by telling the truth. I'm pretty sure I didn't leave out any details. You can tell

locked onto Darius as he uttered those

to understand every word clearly.

on Shelvin’s face, Darius knew the former was telling the truth. He loosened his fists slightly, but not entirely. Still, that alone was enough to give the former some

wide, greedily sucking in every bit of air he could. He then looked at Darius, hoarsely stating, "I don't know what I did wrong, but I hope you can tell me straightforwardly so I can

"I'll give you one last chance. Know that I won't hesitate to send you down to hell, where you can mingle with Elizabeth for eternity if you cross me

time, no threats were necessary for Shelvin to take action; he immediately held his neck with eyes full of fear

do you want in exchange for sparing my life? I promise to reveal everything

his arms, shut his eyes, then leaned back

at the private corner where I dealt with that older woman? Based on your abilities, it’s unlikely that you can conceal yourself from me, so I