The Consortium's Heir

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.

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

while dragging Lyon along by the collar. Lyon didn't seem fazed, though. "Hey, brat. I bet you're not from here. If you were, you wouldn't be treating me like this. Do you

turned to look at him. "So, your

knees, apologize, and beg me to forgive you. Say that you'll do anything to make it up to me, or I'll do whatever I can to make your life a living hell. You don't want to end up as a pile of bones frozen by

crooked because of the punch Darius had given him earlier, but he still looked unbelievably pleased with himself. This reminded Darius of the first time he’d gone out

so all he had on was a thin short-

it was to go to school. So, this was Darius’ first time leaving the orphanage alone. He could still remember

restaurant and asked the owner in the smallest voice possible whether he needed someone to wash the dishes. There was nothing else he could do aside from this. Before being recognized as the heir to the Reid Consortium,

the menacing gaze that had traveled over his body. He couldn't help but tremble under it. The owner didn't say anything for the longest time, and Darius felt like he would freeze to

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