Chapter 223

"Don't worry, Mr. Reid. I'll settle this."

Darius nodded, then closed his eyes and fell silent.

Viktor was terrified. He cried, "Darius, let me go this once, please! I didn’t do anything-I didn't even speak to the woman! I merely agreed with what Lyon said."

Lyon's eyes bulged. He spat on the ground and growled, "If you had the least bit of shame, you wouldn't have said that. When we came across situations like this in the past, it's not like you didn’t get anything out of them. Now that the shit has hit the fan, you're pushing all the blame on me so that this dude will vent his anger on me. I'm not going to take this lying down, and you'll pay the price for what you've done!"

His tone was resolute and firm. It made Viktor's face turn ghostly pale.

between the two of them. Then, he narrowed his eyes, seemingly having understood something. He took a deep breath before putting his hands behind

"Hey, brat. I bet you're not from here. If you were, you wouldn't be treating me like this. Do you

and turned to look at him. "So,

as ignorant as you look. So, you should get on your knees, apologize, and beg me to forgive you. Say that you'll do anything to make it up to

given him earlier, but he still looked unbelievably pleased with himself. This reminded Darius of the first

so all he had on was a thin short- sleeved T-shirt under a long-sleeved shirt he'd scavenged from the

to leave the orphanage unless it was to go to school. So, this was Darius’ first time leaving the orphanage alone. He could still remember how scared he'd

to wash the dishes. There was nothing else he could do aside from this. Before being recognized as the heir to the

owner didn't say anything for the longest time, and Darius felt like he would freeze to death. So, he forced out, "Sir, I've never worked before, but I grew up in an orphanage. I'm used to doing these chores, and I'm sure I can do

to vomit. Then, he turned to the chef who was standing next to him and said mockingly," You're a great employee, so I won't cause trouble for you by hiring someone that's obviously no better than a thief. I wouldn't want him to

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